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Not to be confused with Aksai Chin.

Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County is an autonomous county under the prefecture-level city of Jiuquan in Gansu Province, China.[2][3] The county borders Qinghai Province to the south and Xinjiang to the west.[3]

The westernmost county-level division of Gansu, the county has an area of 32,374 km2 (12,500 sq mi)[3] and a population of 10,545 as of 2010.[4] The postal code is 736400.[3]

History

The Aksai Kazakh Autonomous Region Preparatory Committee was set up in 1953, south of Dunhuang.[4] On April 26, 1954, the Aksai Kazak Autonomous Region was established.[4] In 1955, it was renamed Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County.[4]

Geography

A view of the Altyn-Tagh mountains in Aksay

The county lies on the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau and has an average elevation of about 3,200 meters.[3]

The county is bordered by the city of Dunhuang to the north, Qinghai to the south, Subei Mongol Autonomous County to the east, and Xinjiang to the west.[3]

The Big Harteng River (Chinese: 大哈尔腾河) and the Little Harteng River (Chinese: 小哈尔腾河) both flow through the southern portion of the county.[3] The Sugan Lake [de], which actually comprises the Big Sugan Lake (Chinese: 大苏干湖) and the Little Sugan Lake (Chinese: 小苏干湖) is located in the county.[3]

Climate

The county experiences an average annual rainfall of 100 millimetres or 4 inches, an average annual temperature of 5.4 °C or 41.7 °F and an annual frost-free period of 90 days.[3]

Administrative divisions

The county governs one town, three townships, and one other township-level division.[5]

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Kazakh (Arabic script)[citation needed] Kazakh (Cyrillic script)[citation needed] Administrative division code
Town
Hongliuwan [zh] 红柳湾镇 Hóngliǔwān Zhèn جىڭعىلدى قويناۋ قالاشىعى 620924100
Townships
Akqi Township [zh] 阿克旗乡 Ākèqí Xiāng اقشي اۋىلى 620924200
Alteng Township [zh] 阿勒腾乡 Ālèténg Xiāng التىن اۋىلى 620924203
Aina Township [zh] 阿伊纳乡 Āyīnà Xiāng اينا اۋىلى 620924204
Other Township-level division
Aksay County Industrial Park 阿克塞县工业园区 Ākèsāi Xiàn Gōngyè Yuánqū 620924400

Demographics

As of 2010, the county had a permanent population of 10,545, of which, 10,079 lived in Hongliuwan.[4]

The county is the only Kazakh autonomous county in the province of Gansu.[4] As of 2005, 41.3% of the county's population were ethnic Kazakhs, up slightly from the 40.7% recorded in 1996.[4] Other ethnic groups in the county include the Han, the Hui, the Uighur, the Tibetans and 6 other ethnic minorities.[3]

Transport

China National Highway 215 passes through the county, as does Gansu Provincial Highway 314.[3]

Golmud–Dunhuang Railway also passes through the county.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "酒泉市第七次全国人口普查公报" (in Chinese). Government of Jiuquan. 2021-06-01.
  2. ^ 2019年统计用区划代码 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 阿克塞哈萨克族自治县概况地图. xzqh.org (in Chinese). 2016-06-27. Archived from the original on 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g 阿克塞哈萨克族自治县历史沿革. xzqh.org (in Chinese). 2016-06-27. Archived from the original on 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  5. ^ 2022年统计用区划代码（阿克塞哈萨克族自治县） [2022 Statistical Divisions (Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County)] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-09-01.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksai_Kazakh_Autonomous_County