Ulugqat Township

Ulugqat Township (Chinese: 乌鲁克恰提乡; pinyin: Wūlǔkèqiàtí Xiāng) is a township of Wuqia County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the middle north of the county, the township covers an area of 3,430 square kilometers with a population of 4,430 (as of 2017). It has 4 villages under its jurisdiction. Its seat is at Korgan Village (库尔干村).

Ulugqat

乌鲁克恰提乡

Wulukeqiati
Township
Ulugqat
Location of the township
Coordinates: 39.8208959772°N 74.3398508697°E / 39.8208959772; 74.3398508697
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureKizilsu
CountyWuqia
Area
 • Total3,430 km2 (1,320 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total4,430
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Websitewww.xjwqx.gov.cn/sitemap.htm

Ulugqat Township is located 92 kilometers west of the county seat Wuqia Town. It is adjacent to Kiziloy Township in the east, Oksalur Township in the south and Jigin Township in the west, and borders with the Kyrgyz Republic in the north with a boundary line of 118 kilometers. There are 9 mountain passes connecting Kyrgyzstan.[1]

Name

The name of Ulugqat is from Kyrgyz language, meaning branch valleys (山沟分岔口). It is named after that the Kizilsu Valley divides into two separate branch valleys in the area and the place presents the shape of the three mountain valleys.[2]

History

Ulugqat Township is commonly known as old Wuqia. Ulugqat Township was once the seat of Ulugqat branch county (乌鲁克恰提分县) established from Shufu County in 1913. Ulugqat branch county was changed to Ulugqat Division (乌鲁克恰提设治局) in 1929 and the county of Wuqia was established from Ulugqat Division in 1938 and the county seat was transferred to Wuqia Town.

Ulugqat was part of the 2nd district of Wuqia County in 1950. Ulugqat Commune (乌鲁克恰提公社) was formed in 1958, it was renamed to Dongfeng Commune (东风公社) in 1968 and restored the former name in 1980, it was reorganized as a township in 1984.[2]

Subdivisons

The township has 4 administration villages[3] and 8 unincorporated villages under its jurisdiction.[2]

  • Korgan Village (库尔干村)
  • Kizilkuru Village (克孜勒库鲁村)
  • Qongterak Village (琼铁热克村)
  • Sarakbay Village (萨热克巴依村)

References
  1. 乌鲁克恰提乡. xjwqx.gov.cn. 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  2. 乌恰县行政区划和居民地名称. xjwqx.gov.cn. 2018-06-04. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  3. 2018年乌恰县乌鲁克恰提乡行政区划代码. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
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