Uqturpan County
Uchturpan, Wushi, Uch Turfan, Wushih | |
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.png) Location of Uqturpan County (red) within Aksu Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
  Uqturpan Location of the seat in Xinjiang  Uqturpan Uqturpan (China) | |
| Coordinates: 41°12′50″N 79°13′23″E / 41.21389°N 79.22306°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Aksu |
| County seat | Uqturpan Town (Wushi) |
| Township-level divisions | 3 towns, 6 townships[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,051.54 km2 (3,494.82 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,200–2,000 m (3,937–6,561 ft) |
| Population (2020)[3] | |
• Total | 205,571 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (59/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Major ethnic groups | Uyghur[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[a]) |
| Postal code | 843400 |
| Website | www |
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | ئۇچتۇرپان ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乌什县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 烏什縣 | ||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乌什吐鲁番县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 烏什吐魯番縣 | ||||||||||
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Uqturpan County[5][6][7] or Uchturpan County[8][9][10] (transliterated from Uyghur: ئۇچتۇرپان ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 乌什吐鲁番县), also Wushi County (Chinese: 乌什县), is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the administration of Aksu Prefecture and shares an approximately 150 km (93 mi)[2][clarification needed] long border with Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Region. The county is bordered to the northeast by Onsu County (Wensu), to the southeast by Aksu city, to the west by Akqi County in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture and to the south by Kalpin County (Keping). It has an area of 9,012 square kilometres (3,480 sq mi) and as of the 2002 census[update] a population of 180,000.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
govuqturpanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b 自然地理. 乌什县人民政府 (in Simplified Chinese). 24 January 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
北以天山山脉与吉尔吉斯斯坦共和国接壤。{...}境内国境边界线长155千米。
- ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- ^ 1997年乌什县行政区划 [1997 Uqturpan County Administrative Divisions]. XZQH.org (in Simplified Chinese). 10 November 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
其中维吾尔族占90.4%，
- ^ Li Xia, ed. (27 October 2019). "No casualties reported in Xinjiang earthquake". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
No casualties or economic loss have been reported after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Uqturpan County of Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 1:29 p.m. Sunday.
- ^ Alan Taylor (8 May 2017). "Scenes From Xinjiang". The Atlantic. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
Students from ethnic minorities give the Young Pioneer's salute to their teacher (right) at a primary school in Uqturpan county, Xinjiang on May 3, 2012.
- ^ Uqturpan (Approved – N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Rahman, Anwar (2005). Sinicization Beyond the Great Wall: China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-904744-88-7.
- ^ Choi Chi-yuk; Mandy Zuo (4 July 2013). "Xinjiang cadres try to quell unrest ahead of July 5 anniversary". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
The head of Uchturpan county's tourism bureau was sacked for being absent from duty, the People's Daily website reported.
- ^ Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes (8 September 2020). "Young Uyghur Brothers Handed Five-Year Prison Terms For 'Viewing Illegal Videos'". Radio Free Asia. Translated by Elise Anderson. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
Aksu (in Chinese, Akesu) prefecture's Uchturpan (Wushi) county,
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