Sanbu Township (Chinese: 三堡乡; pinyin: Sānbǔ Xiāng; Uyghur: ئاستانە يېزىسى, romanized: Astane Yëzisi) is a township in Gaochang District, Turpan, Xinjiang, China. The ancient Gaochang city ruins is located here.
Geography
editSanbu made international headlines during the 2023 Asia heat wave. The local unmanned weather station set a new record of 52.2 °C (126.0 °F) at 17:00 Xinjiang Time (19:00 Beijing Time), July 16, 2023, breaking the old record of 50.6°C at 18:03 Beijing Time, July 10, 2017.[1][2][3] Two days later, on July 18, 2023, John Kerry, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate visited Beijing and mentioned the Sanbu weather to Li Qiang, the Premier of China.[4][5] The English newspaper misspelled Sanbu as Sanbao at the time.
References
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- ^ "52.2℃！新疆吐鲁番盆地出现极端高温". 人民日报. 2023-07-17. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18.
- ^ Cheng, Evelyn (2023-07-18). "Kerry upholds U.S.-China 'stability' in symbolic Beijing visit". CNBC. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
- ^ 云涌 (2023-07-18). "中美部分会议气氛紧张！美国特使克里：气候合作可能重新定义中美关系". FX168财经报社. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-07-18.