Kizilsu

Basic data
Greater Region:	Northwest China
Autonomous area :	Xinjiang
Status:	Autonomous District
Residents :	439,688
Area :	69,112 km²

Kyrgyz yurts in Kizilsu

The Kyrgyz Autonomous District of Kizilsu ( Chinese 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州 , Pinyin Kèzīlèsū Kē'ěrkèzī zìzhìzhōu ; Uighur قىزىلسۇ قىرغىز ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى / Ⱪizilsu Ⱪirƣiz Aptonom Oblasti ; from kizilsu , Kyrgyz for "red water") is a Chinese Autonomous District and is located in the southwest of the Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang . Its capital is Artux (阿圖什市). Kizilsu has an area of 69,112 km². A city (Artux) and three districts are subordinate to the autonomous district.

In the 2000 census, Kizilsu had 439,688 inhabitants (population density: 6.36 inh / km²).

Administrative structure

At the district level, Kizilsu consists of a city and three districts. These are:

City of Artux - 阿图什市Ātúshí Shì ,
Akto district - 阿克陶县Ākètáo Xiàn ,
Akqi County - 阿合奇县Āhéqí Xiàn ,
Ulugqat County - 乌恰县Wūqià Xiàn .

Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)

Name of the people	Residents	proportion of
Uighurs	281.306	63.98%
Kyrgyz	124,533	28.32%
Han	28.197	6.41%
Tajiks	4,662	1.06%
Hui	432	0.1%
Others	558	0.13%

Kizilsu

Administrative structure

Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)

See also