Qitai County (Chinese: 奇台县), also known as Gucheng County (Chinese: 古城县; Uyghur: گۇچۇڭ ناھىيىسى), is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It covers an area of 16,641 square kilometres (6,425 sq mi) and as of the 2002 census had a population of 230,000. Qitai County's county seat is in Qitai Town. Gucheng Township is nearby. There are several theories regarding the origin of the place name "Qitai." One explanation is that in the 24th year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1759 AD), seven fortresses were built in what is now Laoqitai Town, Qitai County. This seventh fortress east of Ürümqi was called "Qitai" (Seven Fortresses). Since the Chinese characters for "seven" (七, qī) and "strange/unique" (奇, qí) are homophones, the name later evolved into "Qitai." Another theory is that in the old county seat (now Laoqitai Town), due to water shortages, every household dug wells with uniquely shaped "well platforms" called "qi" (奇), which was later abbreviated as Qitai. A third theory suggests that "Qitai" is a transliteration of "Khitan" (契丹), a historic ethnic group. More information...
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