Mai-kai-t'i

English thumb|Map including MAI-KAI-T'I (MERKET) (Army Map Service AMS, 1966) Alternative forms en Maikaiti also from _ Wade-Giles Etymology From en cmn 麥蓋提, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Mai⁴-kai⁴-tʻi². Proper noun 1 1 en Maigaiti Makit. en https://archive.org/details/CIA-RDP80-00809A000600220917-0/ 1949 SINKIANG IRRIGATION AND FACTORY PROBLEMS DISCUSSED; FARM LOANS TO BE DISTRIBUTED 1 Mai-kai-t'i Hsien in the western sector of the Takla Makan Desert urgently needs to solve its long-standing irrigation problem and make its arid soil more productive. en 1964 T. SD. YARKAND w:Encyclopedia Britannica https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabri123niv/ 23 263100718 877 https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabri123niv/page/877/ 2 Upon emerging from the Kunlun gorges, the Yarkand loses the characteristics of a raging mountain torrent and spreads out in many branches over an alluvial fan to irrigate the Yarkand oasis. The oasis, one of the largest in Sinkiang, contains the towns of Yarkand (So-ch’e) and Tse-p’u (Posgam). Upon leaving the Yarkand oasis, the river flows north past Mai-kai-t’i (Merket-Bazar) and then northeast around the eastern margins of the Takla Makan desert. South of the Aksu oasis it joins the Kashgar, Aksu and Khotan rivers to form the Tarim. en https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/apv.172005 1976 Developments of Cotton Cultivation in Sinkiang Chuen-Yan David Lai Pacific Viewpoint 10.1111/apv.172005 1467-8373 67071964 162 In the western part of the Tarim Basin, cotton is grown mainly between the K'a-Shin-ka-erh (Kashgar Darya) and Yeh-erh-ch'iang (Yark and Darya) rivers where the growing season is longer and population denser. The main centres are K'a-shih (Kashgar), Pa-ch'u, Yüeh-p'u-hu, Mai-kai-t'i (Merket), So-ch'e (Yarkand) and Tse-p'u (Posgam). Translations Maigaiti