Kuytun

Kuytun
奎屯市 (Chinese)
كۈيتۇن شەھىرى (Uyghur)
كۇيتىڭ قالاسى (Kazakh)
Location of Kuytun City (red) within Ili Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Location of Kuytun City (red) within Ili Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Kuytun is located in Dzungaria
Kuytun
Kuytun
Location in Xinjiang
Kuytun is located in Xinjiang
Kuytun
Kuytun
Kuytun (Xinjiang)
Kuytun is located in China
Kuytun
Kuytun
Kuytun (China)
Coordinates (Kuytun municipal government): 44°25′35″N 84°54′12″E / 44.4264°N 84.9032°E / 44.4264; 84.9032
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
Autonomous prefectureIli
Municipal seatTuanjie Road Subdistrict
Area
 • Total784.8 km2 (303.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total229,122
 • Density290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Ethnic groups
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard Time[a])
Websitewww.xjkuitun.gov.cn
Kuytun
Chinese name
Chinese奎屯市
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKuítún shì
Uyghur name
Uyghurكۈيتۇن شەھىرى
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiKüytun shehiri
Kazakh name
Kazakhكۇيتىڭ قالاسى
Қойтүн қаласы

Kuytun (Uyghur: كۈيتۇن) or Kuitun (Chinese: 奎屯) is a county-level city with about 285,000 residents (2000 census) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Kuitun is located between Wusu and Shihezi on the railway from Ürümqi to Kazakhstan, close to a desert.

Kuytun has historically been associated with the 7th Xinjiang Agriculture Construction Division (兵团第七师), which ran the city until 1975 but still administers its Tianbei New Area.

Local industries include food processing and textile industries, as well as Kuitun Power Plant.


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