Akto County
Aqtu, Aktu, Aketao | |
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.png) Location of the county (red) in Kizilsu Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
  Akto Location of the seat in Xinjiang  Akto Akto (Xinjiang)  Akto Akto (China) | |
| Coordinates (Akto County government): 39°08′52″N 75°56′51″E / 39.1478°N 75.9474°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Autonomous prefecture | Kizilsu |
| County seat | Akto Town |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24,176 km2 (9,334 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • Total | 226,005 |
| • Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Major ethnic groups | Uyghur, Kyrgyz |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time[a]) |
| Area code | 653022 |
| Website | www |
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | ئاقتو ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 阿克陶县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 阿克陶縣 | ||||||||||
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| Kyrgyz | ﺍﻗﺘﻮﻭ وودانى Актоо ооданы Aqtoo oodanı | ||||||||||
Akto County[3] (also known as Aqtu,[4] Aktu,[5][6] or Aketao;[7] Chinese: 阿克陶县; pinyin: Ākètáo Xiàn) is a county in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. The county borders Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and has two towns, 11 townships, four state-owned farms and a plant nursery under its jurisdiction. The county seat is Akto Town. The county has an area of 24,555 km2 (9,481 sq mi). In 2015 its population was 221,526;[8] in 2017 it was 231,756.[9]
Akto is the westernmost county of China; its westernmost point is north of the Markansu River (玛尔坎苏河), on the border with Tajikistan. The county is located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, east of the Pamir Plateau, and is near the western edge of the Tarim Basin. It is between 73°26'5" and 76°43'31" east longitude, and between 37°41'28" and 39°29'55" north latitude. It is bordered by Wuqia County and Shufu County to the north, by Shule County and 41st Regiment of the XPCC across Yopurga River (岳普湖河) to the northeast, by Yengisar County (Yingjisha), Yarkant County (Shache) to the east, and by Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County (Tashkurgan) to the south. The west and south-west share a border with Kyrgyzstan and a border with Tajikistan; the total border line is more than 380 kilometers long.[10]
- ^ Historical Annals Office 史志办 (4 June 2018). 行政区划 [Administrative Divisions] (in Simplified Chinese). Akto County People's Government. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
总面积24176平方千米。
- ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- ^ ZX, ed. (2 July 2019). "Scenery of Baisha Lake in Akto County, China's Xinjiang". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on July 6, 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
Tourists visit the Baisha Lake in Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 2, 2019.
- ^ Mamatjan Juma, Joshua Lipes (22 March 2013). "Supporting a Loved One in Jail". Radio Free Asia. Translated by Mamatjan Juma. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
The rebellion, in Xinjiang's far western Aqtu county, was quickly put down by Chinese troops employing lethal force.
- ^ Eset Sulaiman, Paul Eckert (11 September 2017). "China Runs Region-wide Re-education Camps in Xinjiang for Uyghurs And Other Muslims". Radio Free Asia. Translated by Eset Sulaiman. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
The officer from Ujme Township in Aktu (Aketao in Chinese) County, Kizilsu (Kezilesu) prefecture,
- ^ Sajjan M. Gohel. "The "Seventh Stage" Of Terrorism in China". CTC Sentinel. 7 (11).
These issues came to a head in April 1990 when a violent and bloody uprising started in Baren, a township in Aktu County in close proximity to Kashgar.
- ^ 新疆 阿克陶. GOVERNMENT OF AKETAO. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2020 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ 2015 population of Akto, Based on the Xinjiang Statistical Yearbook 2016 edited by Xinjiang Bureau of Statistics; published by China Statistics Press; ISBN 978-7-5037-7902-2
- ^ 阿克陶县2017年国民经济和社会发展统计公报 (in Simplified Chinese). xjakt.gov.cn. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- ^ 阿克陶县地理概况 (in Simplified Chinese). xjakt.gov.cn. 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
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