Aral (Xinjiang)

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Basic data
Greater Region: Northwest China
Autonomous area : Xinjiang
Status: District-free city
Residents : 260,000
Area : 4,196 km²
Location of Aral within Xinjiang (China) .png

Aral ( Uighur ئارال شەھرى Aral Xəⱨri ; Chinese  阿拉尔 市 , Pinyin Ālā'ěr Shì ) is a suburb independent city in the Uyghur Autonomous Region Xinjiang of the People's Republic of China .

Administrative structure

At the community level, Aral is made up of four street districts , a community , eight production and construction corps, two administrative offices, a state farm and a state prison. These are:

Jinyinchuanlu Street District (金银川 路 街道);
Nankou Street District (南口 街道);
Road quarter Qingsonglu (青松路街道);
Xingfulu Street (幸福 路 街道);
Community Tokay (托喀依乡);
Production and Reconstruction Corps No. 7 (兵团 七 团);
Production and Reconstruction Corps No. 8 (兵团 八 团);
Production and Reconstruction Corps No. 10 (兵团 十 团);
Production and Reconstruction Corps No. 11 (兵团 十一 团);
Production and Reconstruction Corps No. 12 (兵团 十二 团);
Production and Reconstruction Corps No. 13 (兵团 十三 团);
Production and Reconstruction Corps No. 14 (兵团 十四 团);
Production and Reconstruction Corps No. 16 (兵团 十六 团);
Administrative office for hydropower construction projects of the First Division of the Agricultural Production and Development Corps (兵团 农一师 水利 水电 工程 处);
Tarim Irrigation and Sprinkling Office for the First Division of the Agricultural Production and Reconstruction Corps (兵团 农一师 塔里木 灌溉 水利 管理 处);
Aral State Farm (阿拉尔 农场);
Central prison (中心 监狱).

history

Aral was originally a village and a Chinese military garrison. In 1957, the Xinjiang Production and Development Corps settled in Aral, cleared over 1.2 million mu (800 km²) of land and set up ten cattle breeding stations.

On September 17, 2002, Aral received the status of an independent city after a decision by the State Council.

geography

Aral is located on the southern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, north of the Taklimakan desert , on the upper reaches of the Tarim River , where the rivers Aksu , Hotan and Yarkant meet.

The total area of ​​the administrative area is 4,196 km², its extension from east to west about 130 km, from north to south 60 km.

population

In 2002 Aral had around 260,000 inhabitants, mainly Han Chinese ; 5.3% of the population are members of national minorities .

economy

In Aral there are three reservoirs (Duōlàng 多 浪, Shènglì 胜利 and Shàngyóu 上游) with a total area of ​​248.8 km² and a capacity of 518 million m³ as well as rich groundwater reserves . There are wheat , cotton , fruit and vegetables grown. The cotton production is currently 183,000 tons per year and there are more than 8,000 dairy cows. Aral is known for its Chinese dates ( jujubes ) and sweet chestnuts .

Aral is connected to the railway network and can be reached via a national highway (No. 314).

tourism

The military garrisons, reservoirs and scenic beauties such as the Tarim River and the surrounding desert are recommended as tourist attractions.

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Zhōngguó dìmínglù中国 地 ​​名录 (Beijing, Zhōngguó dìtú chūbǎnshè中国 地图 出版社 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4 ; S. 1, 299. Often wrong "Alar".
  2. ↑ cf. Ren Qiang, Yuan Xin: Impacts of Migration to Xinjiang Since the 1950s , p. 100. In: Robyn Iredale, Naran Bilik, Fei Guo (eds.): China's Minorities on the Move: Selected Case Studies (Armonk, ME Sharpe 2003) , ISBN 0-7656-1023-X , pp. 89-105.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Xīnjiāng gàikuàng - Ālā'ěr Shì 新疆 概况 - 阿拉尔 市 (website of the government of Xinjiang)
  4. ↑ Zhǔyào lǚyóu zīyuán 主要 旅游 资源  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Website of the Aral Party Committee and the Aral People's Government)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.nys.gov.cn  

Coordinates: 40 ° 31 '  N , 81 ° 16'  E