Aksu Prefecture

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Aksu Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 阿克苏地区; pinyin: Ākèsū Dìqū; Uyghur: ئاقسۇ ۋىلايىتى) is located in mid-western Xinjiang, China. It has a area of 132,500 km² and 2.19 million inhabitants (2003).

Demographics

Of it's 2.19 million inhabitants, 71.93% are Uyghur, 26.62% are Han, with the reminder belonging to other nationalities.

Administrative divisions

Aksu Prefecture is divided into 1 county-level city: Aksu (阿克苏市), and 8 counties: Wensu 温宿县, Kucha 库车县, Xayar 沙雅县,Toksu 新和县, Baicheng 拜城县, Uqturpan 乌什县, Awat 阿瓦提县, Kalping 柯枰县 The seat of the local government is in Aksu city

Prefecture-level divisions of Xinjiang '''Prefecture-level cities: Karamay | Ürümqi '''Prefectures: Aksu | Hami | Hotan | Kashgar | Turpan | Altay1 | Qoqek1 '''Autonomous prefectures: Bayin'gholin | Börtala | Changji | Ili | Kizilsu '''Sub-prefecture-level cities: Alar | Shihezi | Tumushuke | Wujiaqu 1 Part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

List of Xinjiang County-level divisions

 

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