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]