Gongliu County
Gongliu County (Chinese: 巩留县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Tokkuztara County (Uyghur: توققۇزتارا ناھىيىسى ; Chinese: 特克斯塔留县), is a county situated within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 4,119 km2 (1,590 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 160,000.
Gongliu County 巩留县 توققۇزتارا ناھىيىسى | |
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  Gongliu Location of the seat in Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates: 43°28′00″N 82°08′56″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Autonomous prefecture | Ili |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 巩留县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鞏留縣 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 特克斯塔留 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur | توققۇزتارا ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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| Kazakh | توعىزتاراۋ اۋدانى
Kazakh Cyrillic: Тоғызтарау ауданы Kazakh Latin alphabet: Toǵyztaraý aýdany | ||||||||||
Name
The place was originally named Tokkuztara, meaning "nine streams" because branches of the Ili River merged in the area. When a county was set up in 1932, Gongliu was chosen as the official name, which is an abbreviation of Gonggu Changliu ("巩固长留"), literally Stability and Long-lasting[1]
Administrative divisions
There is one township and seven villages. There are six Towns in Tokkuztara County, which are as follows:
| N | Uyghur Name | Uyghur latin alphabet Name | English name | Chinese name | Number of communities | Population (thousand) | Land area (km2) |
| 1 | توققۇزتارا بازىرى | Toqquztara Baziri | Toqquztara Town | 巩留镇 | 7 | 24.7 | 29 |
| 2 | دۆڭمەھەللە بازىرى | Döngmehelle Baziri | Dongmehelle Town | 东买里镇 | 8 | 27 | 317 |
| 3 | ئاغارسىن بازىرى | Agharsin Baziri | Agharsin Town | 阿尕尔森镇 | 9 | 21.5 | 714 |
| 4 | تىكئېرىق بازىرى | Tikériq Baziri | Tikeriq Town | 提克阿热克镇 | 8 | 13.7 | 426.7 |
| 5 | ئاقتۆبەك بازىرى | Aqtöbek Baziri | Aqtobek Town | 阿克图别克镇 | 6 | 9.7 | 613.3 |
| 6 | كۆلدەنەڭ بازىرى | Köldeneng Baziri | Kongdeneng Town | 库尔德宁镇 | 7 | 9.8 | 568 |
Note:
- 1. On October 21, 2014, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, the original Dongmahalla Township was renamed Dongmahalla Town.[2]
- 2. In 2013, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, the original Agarsin Township was renamed Agarsin Town..
- 3. On July 13, 2016, with the approval of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the original Tikirik Township was renamed Tikirik Town.[3]
- 4. On January 24, 2013, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, it was renamed the original "Muhur Township" Koldeneng Town.
There are 2 Township in Tokkuztara County, which are as follows:
| N | Uyghur Name | Uyghur latin alphabet Name | English name | Chinese name | Number of communities | Population (thousand) | Land area (km2) |
| 1 | تاشتۆپە يېزىسى | Tashtöpe Yézisi | Tashtope Township | 塔斯托别乡 | 8 | 23.3 | 414 |
| 2 | جىرغالاڭ يېزىسى | Jirghilang Yézisi | Jirghilang Township | 吉尔格郎乡 | 6 | 6.6 | 420 |
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