Gaochang District

Gaochang 高昌区 • قاراھوجا رايونى
District
City center
Location of Karahoja (red) in Turpan Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Gaochang Location of the district centre in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 42°59′N 89°11′E / 42.983°N 89.183°E / 42.983; 89.183
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Xinjiang
Prefecture-level city	Turpan
Township-level divisions	3 subdistricts 2 towns 7 townships
Municipal seat	Laocheng Subdistrict (老城街道)
Population (2003)
• Total	254,900
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	838000
Area code(s)	0995

Gaochang (Uyghur: قاراھوجا, Қарахоҗа‎, ULY: Qarahoja ; Chinese: 高昌; pinyin: Gāochāng), is a district in the oasis city of Turpan, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Its population was 254,900 at the end of 2003.

Name

According to the municipal government of Turpan, the district is named after the ancient city of Gaochang. It was also proposed that the district be named after Ayding Lake.^[1]

History

The district was created on 12 April 2015 after Turpan was upgraded from a county-level city into a prefecture-level city. The district has the same size and population as the former Turpan county-level city.^[2]

Subdivisions

Karahoja is divided into 3 subdistricts, 2 towns, 7 townships and 3 other township-level divisions.

• Laocheng Subdistrict (老城街道)
• Gaochang Subdistrict (高昌街道)
• Putaoguo Subdistrict (葡萄沟街道)
• Qiquanhu (七泉湖镇)
• Daheyan (大河沿镇)
• Yar Township (亚尔乡)
• Aidinghu Township (艾丁湖乡)
• Putao Township (葡萄乡)
• Qiatekale Township (恰特喀勒乡)
• Erbao Township (二堡乡)
• Sanbao Township (三堡乡)
• Shengjin Township (胜金乡)
• Hongliuhe Horticultural Farm (红柳河园艺场)
• Yuanzhong Farm (原种场)
• XPCC 221 Regiment (兵团二二一团)

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