Английская Википедия:Akqi County
Шаблон:Infobox settlement Шаблон:Infobox Chinese Akqi County (Шаблон:Lang-ug, Шаблон:Lang-ky, Шаблон:Zh) is a county in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. It is under the administration of the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture. The county has a town and five townships, six communities and 25 villages under its jurisdiction in 2018, its county seat is Akqi Town. The county has a population of about 46,000 (as of 2018)[1] with main ethnic groups of Kyrgyz, Han and Uyghur peoples.[2]
The name of Akqi was from the Kyrgyz language, meaning white achnatherum calamagrostis (Шаблон:Lang). The Administrative Division of Akqi (Шаблон:Lang) was first established, it was named after its seat located in the Village of Akqi (Шаблон:Lang). The county of Akqi is located in alpine areas of the southern hinterland in Western Tianshan. Its altitude is between Шаблон:Convert, with a terrain characteristics of the "two mountains and one valley", its whole territory is in a mountain valley area, of which, highland accounts for 90 percent, farmland for five percent and water body for five percent.
The county covers an area of about Шаблон:Convert,[3] it borders with Wushi County in the east, Keping County in the southeast, Bachu County and Atushi City in the south-west, the northern and western part of the county is adjacent to the Kyrgyz Republic with a border line of Шаблон:Convert. The county seat is Шаблон:Convert away from the regional capital Ürümqi by road.[4]
History
The county of Akqi was part of the territory of Weitou State (Шаблон:Lang), one of 36 States of the Western Regions (Шаблон:Lang), and part of Protectorate of the Western Regions (59 BC) in the Han period. It was part of Weitou Prefecture (Шаблон:Lang) in Kucha Commandery (Шаблон:Lang) in the Tang period, and part of Wushi County in the Qing period.
The Administrative Division of Akqi (Шаблон:Lang) was first established from part of Wushi County in 1940, it was named after its seat located in the Village of Akqi (Шаблон:Lang) in the present Karaqi Township (Шаблон:Lang). In 1941, its seat was moved to Uq (Шаблон:Lang), the present-day county seat of Akqi Town (Шаблон:Lang). The Administrative Division of Akqi was upgraded to be as a county in 1944. The county was under the administration of Aksu Prefecture in 1950, as a county, it was amalgamated to the newly formed Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture of Kizilsu in 1954.[3]
Geography and Climate
The county of Akqi is high in the north and south, low in the middle, and tilted from west to east. Forming land features of terrain with two mountains and a valley, in the north, the Kuokexiale Maintain (Шаблон:Lang) is a southern branch of Tianshan, with a maximum altitude of Шаблон:Convert. To the south is Galatieke Maintain (Шаблон:Lang), with its maximum altitude of Шаблон:Convert. Between the two mountains is the Taushgan Valley (Шаблон:Lang), from west to east through the middle of the county, Шаблон:Convert above sea level. Agricultural oasis is mainly concentrated in the valley area, the mountain natural pastoral land accounts for 86% of the county area. The Taushgan River (Шаблон:Lang) originates from Kyrgyz Republic and has 19 tributaries with a total runoff of 2.421 billion cubic metres in the county, such as Uzuntux River (Шаблон:Lang). The annual average temperature is Шаблон:Convert, the average temperature in January is Шаблон:Convert, and the average temperature in July is Шаблон:Convert. The average annual precipitation is Шаблон:Convert, with a frost-free period of 156 days.[3]
Population and ethnic groups
As of 2015, There was a population of 44,656 in Akqi County, accounting for 7.49% of Kizilsu Autonomous Prefecture's population. Of that, minority population of 40,121, accounting for 89.84%, and Han population of 4,535, accounting for 10.16%. The main minorities are Kyrgyz and Uyghur in the county. The Kyrgyz population was 38,765, accounting for 86.81%, and Uyghurs of 1,193, accounting for 2.67%. There were Hui people of 80, Kazakhs of 39 and others of 44.[5] Шаблон:Bar box
Administrative divisions
The county was divided into a town and five townships.[6]
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Kyrgyz (Arabic script) | Kyrgyz (Cyrillic script) | Administrative division code | Number of communities | Number of villages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | |||||||||
| Akqi Town | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | 653023100 | 5 | 3 | |
| Townships | |||||||||
| Kulansarak Township | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | 653023200 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saparbay Township | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | 653023201 | 0 | 3 | |
| Somtax Township | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | 653023202 | 0 | 4 | |
| Karaqi Township | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | 653023203 | 1 | 3 | |
| Karabulak Township | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | 653023204 | 0 | 7 | |
Tourism
- Kyrgyz Non-material Cultural Town of Akqi County: Located in the western section of Jolangqi New Town (Шаблон:Lang), the Kyrgyz Non-material Cultural Town (Шаблон:Lang) is a Kyrgyz folk culture village with an area of 1.5 sq kilomiters, it is a destination for Kyrgyz folk culture, consisting of Manas culture, falcon culture, nomadism, kumz string instrument, Kyrgyz felt show and embroider. It is seven kilometers away from the old town of Akqi.[7]
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References
Шаблон:Administrative divisions of Akqi County Шаблон:Xinjiang Administrative Divisions
