Usu
Wusu | |
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 Wusu CBD | |
.png) Location of Wusu County (red) within Tacheng Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
  Usu Location in Xinjiang  Usu Usu (Xinjiang)  Usu Usu (China) | |
| Coordinates: 44°25′08″N 84°42′50″E / 44.419°N 84.714°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Tacheng |
| Municipal seat | Xinshiqu Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,394.12 km2 (5,557.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 262,906 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[a]) |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乌苏市 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 烏蘇市 | ||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Ус хот | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠤᠰᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ | ||||||
| Uyghur name | |||||||
| Uyghur | شىخۇ شەھىرى | ||||||
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| Kazakh name | |||||||
| Kazakh | شيحۋ 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.
- ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- ^ 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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