Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture
Kizilsu (also as Kezilesu; Chinese: 克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州; pinyin: Kèzīlèsū Kēěrkèzī Zìzhìzhōu) is an autonomous prefecture of Kyrgyz people in the west of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, bordering with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The prefecture has an area of 69,112 km2 (26,684 sq mi) and its capital is Artux. Kizilsu in the Kyrgyz language means “red water”.
Kizilsu Prefecture 克孜勒苏州 · قىزىلسۇ ئوبلاستى | |
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| Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 قىزىلسۇ قىرغىز ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى | |
 Yurt of the Kirghiz in Kizilsu | |
 Kizilsu Prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange) | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XJ-30 |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | قىزىلسۇ قىرغىز ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى | ||||||||||
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| Kyrgyz name | |||||||||||
| Kyrgyz | قىزىلسۇۇ قىرعىز اپتونوم وبلاسى Кызылсуу Кыргыз аптоном обласы Qızılsuu Qırğız aptonom oblası | ||||||||||
Subdivisions
Map including the westernmost point of China (DMA, 1982)
Kizilsu directly controls 1 county-level city and 3 counties.
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| # | Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Kyrgyz (Arabic script) | Kyrgyz (Cyrillic script) | Kyrgyz Latin transcription | Population (2010 Census) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
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| 1 | Artux | 阿图什市 | Ātúshí Shì | ئاتۇش شەھىرى | Atush Shehiri | ارتىش شاارى | Артыш шаары | Artış şaarı | 240,368 | 15,698 | 15.31 |
| 2 | Akto County | 阿克陶县 | Ākètáo Xiàn | ئاقتو ناھىيىسى | Aqto Nahiyisi | ﺍﻗﺘﻮﻭ وودانى | Актоо ооданы | Aqtoo oodanı | 199,065 | 24,555 | 8.10 |
| 3 | Akqi County | 阿合奇县 | Āhéqí Xiàn | ئاقچى ناھىيىسى | Aqchi Nahiyisi | اقچئي وودانى | Акчий ооданы | Aqçiy oodanı | 38,876 | 11,545 | 3.36 |
| 4 | Wuqia County[1] | 乌恰县 | Wūqià Xiàn | ئۇلۇغچات ناھىيىسى | Ulughchat Nahiyisi | ۇلۇۇچات وودانى | Улуучат ооданы | Uluuçat oodanı | 47,261 | 19,118 | 2.47 |
Demographics
According to the 2000 census, Kizilsu has 439,688 inhabitants with a population density of 6.36 inhabitants per km2.
- Population by ethnicity
| Nationality | 2000[2] | 2010[3] | ||
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| Population | % | Population | % | |
| Uyghur | 281,306 | 63.98% | 339,926 | 64.68% |
| Kyrgyz | 124,533 | 28.32% | 143,582 | 27.32% |
| Han | 28,197 | 6.41% | 35,629 | 6.78% |
| Tajiks | 4,662 | 1.06% | 5,547 | 1.06% |
| Hui | 432 | 0.10% | 447 | 0.08% |
| Kazakhs | 88 | 0.02% | ||
| Tibetan | 51 | 0.01% | ||
| Tujia | 49 | 0.01% | ||
| Uzbek | 44 | 0.01% | ||
| Mongol | 40 | 0.01% | ||
| Manchu | 33 | 0.01% | ||
| Others | 558 | 0.13% | 134 | 0.03% |
| Total | 439,688 | 100% | 525,570 | 100% |
Head
First secretary
- Liu Huijun[4]
See also
References
- The official spelling according to 中国地名录. Beijing: SinoMaps Press (中国地图出版社). 1997. ISBN 7-5031-1718-4.
- 2000年人口普查中国民族人口资料. Publishing House of Minority Nationalities. 2003. ISBN 7-105-05425-5.
- Stanley W. Toops (August 2012). Susan M. Walcott; Corey Johnson (eds.). Eurasian Corridors of Interconnection: From the South China to the Caspian Sea. Routledge. pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-1135078751.
- https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/authorities-urge-kyrgyz-herdsmen-to-spy-on-uyghurs-in-chinas-xinjiang-04122017153521.html
- http://www.chinavitae.org/biography/Yueerguli_Jiapaer
- https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/authorities-urge-kyrgyz-herdsmen-to-spy-on-uyghurs-in-chinas-xinjiang-04122017153521.html
External links
- Official site (in Simplified Chinese)
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