Barin Township

Barin Township
巴仁乡 (Chinese)
بارىن يېزىسى (Uyghur)
بارىن ايىلى (Kyrgyz)
Baren Township
Township
Barin Township is located in Southern Xinjiang
Barin Township
Barin Township
Location of the township
Coordinates: 39°05′52″N 75°47′14″E / 39.0978663295°N 75.7872937794°E / 39.0978663295; 75.7872937794
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureKizilsu
CountyAkto
Villages19
Area
[1]
 • Total1,087 km2 (420 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total38,706
 [1]
Ethnic groups
 • Major ethnic groupsUyghur[2]
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Area code653022 202
Websitewww.xjakt.gov.cn

Barin Township[3][4][5][6][7][8] (Uyghur: بارىن يېزىسى[5]), also spelled Baren Township[5][9][10] (Chinese: 巴仁乡), is a township of Akto County (Aketao), Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture (Kezilesu), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. The township is located on the western edge of the Taklamakan Desert, at the foot of the Pamir Mountains.[1] Located in the middle west of the northeastern part of the county, the township covers an area of 1,087 square kilometers with a population of 38,706 (as of 2017). It has 19 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. Its seat is at Barin Village (巴仁村).[1]

  1. ^ a b c d 巴仁乡（概况）. xjakt.gov.cn. 2018-06-04. Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1997xzqhakto was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Xie Yuzhong 解玉忠 (2003). 地名中的新疆 (in Simplified Chinese). Ürümqi: 新疆人民出版社. p. 192. ISBN 7-228-08004-1.
  4. ^ Eset Sulaiman, Roseanne Gerin (12 April 2017). "Authorities Urge Kyrgyz Herdsmen to Spy on Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang". Radio Free Asia. Translated by Mamatjan Juma. Retrieved 4 September 2020. A police officer in Barin township, who declined to give his name, said officers have recently been watching the station around the clock lately because the situation in the area, which is the most sensitive part of the Kizilsu Kirghiz prefecture, remains tense. The township is where an uprising and armed revolt occurred between Uyghur militants and Chinese government forces in April 1990. Reports of the incident vary, but Uyghurs maintain that security forces killed and arrested hundreds of Uyghur fighters.
    Authorities also arrested more than 7,900 Uyghurs following an ensuing crackdown on "criminal activities of ethnic splittists [separatists] and other criminal offenders," according to reports at the time.
  5. ^ a b c Alessandra Cappelletti (2020). Socio-Economic Development in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Disparities and Power Struggle in China's North-West. Springer. pp. viii, 244. ISBN 9789811515361.
  6. ^ "Timeline: Terror in Xinjiang". China Internet Information Center. 9 July 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 6 September 2020. On April 5, a group of terrorists, aided and abetted by the "East Turkistan Islamic Party," created a grave terrorist incident in Barin Township, Akto County, Xinjiang.
  7. ^ "Full Text: The History and Development of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps". China Daily. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2020. The XPCC has played crucial roles in fighting terrorism and maintaining stability, especially in the April 5 riot in Barin township, Akto county of 1990 and the February 5 Yining incident of 1997.
  8. ^ Zhang Yumo (4 February 1998). "The Anti-Separtism Struggle and its Historical Lessons Since the Liberation of Xinjiang". Uyghur American Association. Translated by Turdi Ghoja. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  9. ^ Justin V. Hastings (December 2011). "Charting the Course of Uyghur Unrest". The China Quarterly (208): 900. JSTOR 41447781 – via JSTOR. (Sourced to the Xinjiang Public Security Gazette (新疆通志·公安志), pages 790-795)
  10. ^ Zhong Xingqi 钟兴麒, ed. (July 2008). 西域地名考录 (in Simplified Chinese). Beijing: 国家图书馆出版社. p. 92. ISBN 978-7-5013-3628-9.