Aksu (city)
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| Greater Region: | Northwest China |
| Autonomous area : | Xinjiang |
| Status: | independent city |
| Subdivision: | 7 street districts, 2 large municipalities, 4 municipalities |
| Residents : | 570,000 |
| Area : | 14,668 km² |
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The independent city of Aksu ( Chinese 阿克苏 市 , Pinyin Ākèsū Shì ; Uighur ئاقسۇ شەھىرى Aⱪsu Xəⱨiri ) is the capital of the Aksu administrative district in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . The administrative area of the city officially has an area of 14,668 km² (the city government, however, states 18,264 km² on its website), of which the urban settlement (inner city) only makes up 27 km². At the end of 2003 the population had reached around 570,000. Aksu is located between the Taklamakan Desert in the south and the Tian Shan Mountains in the north on an arm of the Silk Road .
Aksu is Turkish and means white water when translated . It is a technical term that indicates the origin of a river. The name Aksu was first used for this city in the 14th century. Several rivers are also called Aksu, e.g. B. the river flowing from Tienshan .
population
The census in 2000 counted 561,822 inhabitants in the city of Aksu (population density 38.3 inhabitants / km²). The table shows the distribution among the various ethnic groups.
| Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Han | 337.419 | 60.06% |
| Uighurs | 213,896 | 38.07% |
| Hui | 4,060 | 0.72% |
| Tujia | 3,497 | 0.62% |
| Miao | 1,055 | 0.19% |
| Mongols | 447 | 0.08% |
| Manchu | 268 | 0.05% |
| Zhuang | 204 | 0.04% |
| Kyrgyz | 188 | 0.03% |
| Tibetans | 168 | 0.03% |
| Dong | 126 | 0.02% |
| Kazakhs | 74 | 0.01% |
| Yi | 56 | 0.01% |
| Russians | 55 | 0.01% |
| Others | 309 | 0.06% |
environmental issues
Aksu is grappling with massive air pollution. In March 2016, according to the Chinese website aqicn.org, together with the western Chinese cities of Korla and Kashgar , the air in the village had the worst possible value. During the ongoing measurement, the limit values for ozone , fine dust (PM 10 and PM 2.5 ), nitrogen dioxide , sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide are regularly exceeded.
structure
Administratively, the city is divided into seven street districts (inner city districts), two large municipalities and four municipalities.
Large municipalities (small towns):
- 喀勒塔勒 镇 Kaletale zhèn
- 阿依 库勒 镇 Ayikule zhèn
Municipalities (villages):
- 依 干 其 乡 Yiganqi xiāng
- 库 木 巴希 乡 Kumubaxi xiāng
- 托普鲁克 乡 Tuopuluke xiāng
- 拜 什 吐 格曼 乡 Baishentugeman xiāng
Web links
- Official Website (Chinese)
supporting documents
- ^ RE Emmerick in Encyclopaedia Iranica , article ĀQSŪ - The name is Turkish and is first used of this town in the 14th century. Turkish aq sū (“white water”) is a technical term referring to the original bed of a river, by contrast with qara sū (“black water”), used of a derivative canal. Āqsū is the name of several rivers including the one in Sin-kiang that flows southeast from the T'ien-shan mountains.
- ↑ aqicn.org: Statistics
- ↑ aqicn.org: Current values ( memento of the original from November 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ centralasiatraveler.com: Xinjiang place names in alphabetical order ( Memento from November 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 41 ° 10 ′ N , 80 ° 15 ′ E