Kalpin County

Kalpin County
柯坪县كەلپىن ناھىيىسى
County

Location of Kalpin County (red) within Aksu Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Country People's Republic of China
Autonomous region Xinjiang
Prefecture Aksu Prefecture
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Kalpin County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 柯坪县
Traditional Chinese 柯坪縣
Uyghur name
Uyghur
كەلپىن ناھىيىسى

Kalpin County[1] is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Aksu Prefecture. It contains an area of 8,918 km2 (3,443 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 40,000.

Footnotes

  1. The official spelling is "Kalpin" according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, SinoMaps Press 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 305.

Coordinates: 40°26′36″N 79°02′28″E / 40.44333°N 79.04111°E / 40.44333; 79.04111


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