Toksun County
| Toksun County 托克逊县 • توقسۇن ناھىيىسى | |
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| County | |
.png) Location of Toksun County (red) within Turpan City (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Turpan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16,128 km2 (6,227 sq mi) |
| Population | 110,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 托克逊县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 托克遜縣 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur |
توقسۇن ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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Toksun County is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Turpan Prefecture. It contains an area of 16,128 km2 (6,227 sq mi). According to a 2002 estimate, it then had a population of 110,000. Its location in the bottom of the Turpan Depression and an average rainfall of just 25 mm (0.98 in) annually make it a very hot place during summertime. On July 31, 1964, the highest recorded temperature was 53.3 °C (127.9 °F), which is the highest reliable temperature, recorded during standard conditions anywhere in China.
History
The Battle of Toksun took place in this county in July 1933 when Khoja Niyas Hajji, a Uighur leader, defected with his forces to Governor Sheng Shicai. He advanced to Toksun via Dawan Ch'eng, where the Chinese Muslim forces of General Ma Shih-ming achieved victory over Niyas Hajji's forces.[1]
Reportedly enslaved mentally disabled people worked at the Jiaersi Green Construction Material Chemical Factory.
(source:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/14/content_11701899.htm)
References
- ↑ Andrew D. W. Forbes (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: a political history of Republican Sinkiang 1911-1949. Cambridge, England: CUP Archive. p. 111. ISBN 0-521-25514-7. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
Coordinates: 42°47′00″N 88°38′00″E / 42.7833°N 88.6333°E