Anningqu Explained

Anningqu
Native Name:安宁渠
Official Name:安宁渠镇
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:China Xinjiang Northern
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Xinjiang
Pushpin Map1:China
Pushpin Map Caption1:Location in China
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Xinjiang
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Ürümqi
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Ürümqi County
Area Total Km2:28
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:10554
Timezone:China Standard Time[1]
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:43.9794°N 87.5047°W

Anningqu Town is a town and suburb of Ürümqi in Xinjiang, in northwestern China. The town, which covers 28 square kilometres, has 5 administrative villages, 21 village groups, and has a total population of 10,554 people.[2]

Anningqu as a town began more than a hundred years ago, and during the Qing dynasty it was a market place for merchants along the Tianshan Road. In 1965 it became the Anningqu Township, one of the official divisions of the prefecture-level city of Ürümqi.[2]

Anningqu Town is located in the northern suburbs of Ürümqi on an alluvial plain and in a temperate arid climate zone. The town has abundant water resources and suitable irrigation for agriculture and animal husbandry.[2]

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  1. As observed officially. See Xinjiang_Time
  2. Web site: Hudong Encyclopedia . 2010-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305053925/http://www.hudong.com/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E5%AE%81%E6%B8%A0%E9%95%87 . 2012-03-05 . dead .