Hoxud County

Hoxud County
和硕县
خوشۇت ناھىيىسى
County

Location of Hoxud County (red) within Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Hoxud
Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 42°16′N 86°51′E / 42.267°N 86.850°E / 42.267; 86.850Coordinates: 42°16′N 86°51′E / 42.267°N 86.850°E / 42.267; 86.850
Country People's Republic of China
Autonomous region Xinjiang
Autonomous prefecture Bayingolin
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website www.hoxut.gov.cn
Hoxud County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 和硕县
Traditional Chinese 和碩縣
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic Хошууд сиан
Mongolian script ᠬᠣᠱᠤᠳ ᠰᠢᠨ
Uyghur name
Uyghur
خوشۇت ناھىيىسى

Hoxud County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 12,753 km2 (4,924 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 60,000.


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