Akqi County
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Akqi County (Uyghur: ئاقچى ناھىيىسى, Kyrgyz: اقچئي وودانى, Chinese: 阿合奇县) is a county in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. It is under the administration of the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture. The county has a town and five townships, six communities and 25 villages under its jurisdiction in 2018, its county seat is Akqi Town. The county has a population of about 46,000 (as of 2018)[2] with main ethnic groups of Kyrgyz, Han and Uyghur peoples.[3]
Akqi County
Akche, Aheqi | |
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Coordinates (Akqi County government): 40°56′13″N 78°26′47″E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
Autonomous prefecture | Kizilsu |
County seat | Akqi Town |
Area | |
• Total | 11,545 km2 (4,458 sq mi) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 44,369 |
• Density | 3.8/km2 (10.0/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time[lower-alpha 1]) |
Area code | 653023 |
Website | www |
Akqi County | |||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 阿合奇县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 阿合奇縣 | ||||||||||
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Uyghur name | |||||||||||
Uyghur | ئاقچى ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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Kyrgyz name | |||||||||||
Kyrgyz | اقچئي وودانى Акчий ооданы Aqçiy oodanı | ||||||||||
The name of Akqi was from the Kyrgyz language, meaning white achnatherum calamagrostis (白芨芨草). The Administrative Division of Akqi (阿合奇设治局) was first established, it was named after its seat located in the Village of Akqi (阿合奇村). The county of Akqi is located in alpine areas of the southern hinterland in Western Tianshan. Its altitude is between 1,730–5,958 m (5,676–19,547 ft), with a terrain characteristics of the "two mountains and one valley", its whole territory is in a mountain valley area, of which, highland accounts for 90 percent, farmland for five percent and water body for five percent.
The county covers an area of about 11,545 km2 (4,458 sq mi),[4] it borders with Wushi County in the east, Keping County in the southeast, Bachu County and Atushi City in the south-west, the northern and western part of the county is adjacent to the Kyrgyz Republic with a border line of 305.3 km (189.7 mi). The county seat is 1,180 km (730 mi) away from the regional capital Ürümqi by road.[5]