Hami (Kumul) is a prefecture-level city in easternXinjiang, People’s Republic of China. It is well known as the home of sweetHami melons.
It has a population of about 519,700 of which 68.4{2a820490f75fc24b7a4835b35536182b9d21a7840194abd07e075ac351cf03fd} were Han Chinese and 31.6{2a820490f75fc24b7a4835b35536182b9d21a7840194abd07e075ac351cf03fd} ethnic minorities-mostly Uyghurs, Kazakhs and Hui.
Hami by other names appeared on European maps in the 16th century, andMatteo Ricci in his account of the Portuguese Jesuit Benedict Goës visit to the city in 1605 used the an old spelling for the city.