Wusu

Usu
乌苏市 (Chinese)
شىخۇ شەھىرى (Uyghur)
شيحۋ قالاسى (Kazakh)
Wusu
Wusu CBD
Wusu CBD
Location of Wusu County (red) within Tacheng Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Location of Wusu County (red) within Tacheng Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Usu is located in Dzungaria
Usu
Usu
Location in Xinjiang
Usu is located in Xinjiang
Usu
Usu
Usu (Xinjiang)
Usu is located in China
Usu
Usu
Usu (China)
Coordinates: 44°25′08″N 84°42′50″E / 44.419°N 84.714°E / 44.419; 84.714
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureTacheng
Municipal seatXinshiqu Subdistrict
Area
 • Total14,394.12 km2 (5,557.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total262,906
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard[a])
Websitewww.xjws.gov.cn
Wusu
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese乌苏市
Traditional Chinese烏蘇市
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWūsū shì
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicУс хот
Mongolian scriptᠤᠰᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Uyghur name
Uyghurشىخۇ شەھىرى
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiShixu shehiri
Kazakh name
Kazakhشيحۋ قالاسى
Şihu qalasy
Шиху қаласы

Usu[2] as the official romanized name and transliterated from Mongolian, also known as Wusu, is a county-level city with more than 100,000 residents in Xinjiang, China. It is a part of Tacheng Prefecture of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. Oil production is a major part of the economy while the county is an oasis in the Dzungarian Basin. Wusu lies between the major cities of Bole and Shihezi in Northern Xinjiang and west of Ürümqi and Kuitun, south of Karamay.

  1. ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  2. ^ 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


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