Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture
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Kyrgyz language
Kyrgyz or Kirgiz, also Kirghiz, Kyrghiz, Qyrghiz is a Turkic language and, together with Russian, an official language of Kyrgyzstan...
:كىزىلسۋ كىزگىز اۆتونومييالى وبلاستى, Кызылсу Кыргыз aвтономиялы oбласты; ) is an autonomous prefecture of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
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. It is located in the western part of Xinjiang
Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
. The prefecture has an area
Area
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of 69.112 km² and its capital is Artux
Artux
Artux, Atush or Atushi is a county-level city in Xinjiang. The area is 15,509 km² and the total population is 200,000 . Artux is the seat of Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture....
. Kizilsu in the Kyrgyz language
Kyrgyz language
Kyrgyz or Kirgiz, also Kirghiz, Kyrghiz, Qyrghiz is a Turkic language and, together with Russian, an official language of Kyrgyzstan...
(as well as in modern Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
) means "red water".
Subdivisions
Kizilsu directly controls 1 county-level cityCounty-level city
A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....
and 3 counties.
| # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur Uyghur language Uyghur , formerly known as Eastern Turk, is a Turkic language with 8 to 11 million speakers, spoken primarily by the Uyghur people in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of Western China. Significant communities of Uyghur-speakers are located in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and various other... |
Population (2003 est.) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artux City Artux Artux, Atush or Atushi is a county-level city in Xinjiang. The area is 15,509 km² and the total population is 200,000 . Artux is the seat of Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture.... |
阿图什市 | Ātúshí Shì | Atush Shehiri | 210,000 | 15,698 | 13 | |
| 2 | Akto County Akto County The Akto County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 24,107 km2... |
阿克陶县 | Ākètáo Xiàn | Aqto Nahiyisi | 170,000 | 24,555 | 7 | |
| 3 | Akqi County Akqi County Akqi County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 11,441 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 30,000.... |
阿合奇县 | Āhéqí Xiàn | Aqchi Nahiyisi | 40,000 | 11,545 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ulugqat County Ulugqat County The Ulugqat County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 18,758 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 40,000.... |
乌恰县 | Wūqià Xiàn | Ulughchat Nahiyisi | 50,000 | 19,118 | 3 |
Demographics
According to the 2000 census, Kizilsu has 439,688 inhabitants with a population density of 6.36 inhabitants per km².Ethnic groups in Kizilsu, 2000 census
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Uyghur Uyghur people The Uyghur are a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia. Today, Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China... |
281,306 | 63.98% |
| Kyrgyz | 124,533 | 28.32% |
| Han Han Chinese Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the... |
28,197 | 6.41% |
| Tajiks | 4,662 | 1.06% |
| Hui Hui people The Hui people are an ethnic group in China, defined as Chinese speaking people descended from foreign Muslims. They are typically distinguished by their practice of Islam, however some also practice other religions, and many are direct descendants of Silk Road travelers.In modern People's... |
432 | 0.1% |
| Others | 558 | 0.13% |