Aral
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 Aral (red) in Xinjiang Province (orange) and China | |
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  Aral Location of the seat within Xinjiang  Aral Aral (Xinjiang)  Aral Aral (China) | |
| Coordinates (Aral municipal government): 40°32′53″N 81°16′52″E / 40.548°N 81.281°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Municipal seat | Jinyinchuan Road Subdistrict |
| Government | |
| • CCP Secretary | Ding Yiqiang (Political Commissar of the 1st Division) |
| • Mayor | Xiao Yong (Commander of the 1st Division) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,258.739 km2 (2,030.410 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 328,241 |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[a]) |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 阿拉尔 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 阿拉爾 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | ئارال | ||||||||||
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Aral[2][3] is a sub-prefecture-level city surrounded by Aksu Prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Aral means "island" in Uyghur.[4] The city's name is often written as Alar.[5]
Aral is the headquarter of the 1st Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and currently administered by the 1st Division. Aral implemented the "division and city integration" (师市合一, shī shì héyī) management system, it shares the same leader group with the 1st Division.
- ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- ^ The official spelling according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù, 中国地名录 (Beijing, SinoMaps Press 中国地图出版社 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4
- ^ The official spelling is Aral, according to the Zhōngguó dìmínglù, 中国地名录 (Beijing, SinoMaps Press 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 1, 299.
- ^ "Free Uighur Dictionary". Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
- ^ Sharma, Yojana (18 July 2014). "Government rushes through Kashgar university plan". University World News. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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