Artux
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Location of the city of Artux (pink) in the Kyrgyz Autonomous District of Kizilsu (yellow)
The city of Artux ( Chinese 阿图什 市 , Pinyin Ātúshí Shì ; Uighur ئاتۇش شەھىرى, Atux Xəⱨiri ) is an independent city of the Kyrgyz Autonomous District Kizilsu in the southwest of the Uyghur Autonomous Region Xinjiang in the PR China . In 1999 it had 190,882 inhabitants.
The Aibifu Aijiemu Mausoleum (Aibifu • Aijiemu mazha 艾比 甫 • 艾 洁 木 麻扎) from the time of the Qing Dynasty has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (6-296) since 2006 .
Personalities
- Ilham Tohti (* 1969), economist, university professor and government critic
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Coordinates: 39 ° 43 ' N , 76 ° 10' E