Aqal

See also: aqal

English

Map including Aqal (DMA, 1981)

Alternative forms

• Achal

Etymology

From Uyghur ئاچال (achal).

Proper noun

Aqal

1. A town in Kalpin, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang, China, formerly a township
   • 1992, R. Grimmett, H. Taylor, “Recent bird observations from Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China, 16 June to 5 July 1988”, in Forktail‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 146:

     Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria 5+ males holding territory in a popular grove in Aqal town. Described as rare in China (Cheng 1987).

   • 1996, Field Trip Guide: Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Sedimentology, Petroleum and Coal Geology‎^[2], volume 1, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1112-10:

     Separated by the line from Aksu, through Aqal to Markit, a suite of varicoloured mudstone, silty mudstone and sandy conglomerate interbeds with intercalations of andesite, basalt and dacite outcrops in the east, and in the west there is a set of granular carbonate and grey-back sandy mudstone interbeds with the […]

   • 2009, Sebastian Turner, Structural Evolution of the Northwest Tarim Basin, China‎^[3], Imperial College London, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 2, 2021, page 64:

     At Aqal, the Middle Ordovician Qilang and Yingan formations are c. 320 m thick, but are completely absent in the Mystery Canyon, 100 km to the west.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Aqiale

Translations

town

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿恰勒 (Āqiàlè)

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• Uyghur: ئاچال (achal)