Kiziloy Explained

Kiziloy
Other Name:Heiziwei
Settlement Type:Township
Pushpin Map:China Xinjiang Southern
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Xinjiang
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Kizilsu
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Wuqia
Unit Pref:metric
Area Total Km2:2,782
Population As Of:2017
Population Note:[1]
Population Total:6,899
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:39.7073°N 75.2145°W
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:3000

Kiziloy[3] Township (قىزىلئۆي يېزىسى / Heiziwei[4]) is the former county seat before 1989 and a township of Wuqia County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the middle of the county, the township covers an area of 2,782.4 square kilometers with a population of 6,899 (as of 2017). It has 6 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. Its seat is at Kiziloy (Chinese: 黑孜苇).[1]

Kiziloy is located 5 kilometers away southwest of the county seat Wuqia Town. It is adjacent to Baykurut Township in the east, Shufu County in the south, Toyun Township in the northeast and Ulugqat Township in the northwest.

Name

The name Kiziloy is from the Kyrgyz language and means "red depression" or "basin", where 'kizil' ('heizi') means 'red' and 'oy' ('wei') means 'depression' or 'basin'. Other nearby places with the word 'kizil' (red) in their names include Kizilsu, Kizil Caves, and Kizilto.

On a Qing Dynasty map of Shufu County, the Kiziloy area is labeled Hezi'ayi (Chinese: 黑子阿依).[3]

History

Kiziloy was part of the 1st district in Wuqia County in 1950 and Kiziloy Commune (Chinese: 黑孜苇公社) was formed in 1958, it was renamed Dongfanghong Commune (Chinese: 东方红公社) in 1968 and restored the original name in 1980, and organized as a township in 1984.[5]

Overview

The township's seat is at 2,500 meters above sea level. The average elevation of the township is above 3,000 meters. The highest altitude is 4,000 meters. The altitude of each pasture point is 3000–4000 meters. More than 98% are Gobi desert and saline-alkali land. The local climate is extremely harsh, the winter is cold and long, the heating time is up to 6 months per year, and the lowest temperature in winter is as low as minus 6 degrees Celsius. The summer is cool and short, the highest temperature is about 25 degrees, there are many windy weather, frequent mountain flood disasters, and the annual average temperature is less than 6 °C. The terrain is cut in depth, the north is high and south low.

The width of east and west is 78 kilometers, and the north and south are 86 kilometers long. The total area of the township is 2,782.4 square kilometers, of which the grassland area is 1,693 square kilometers, the forest area is 120.13 hectares, and the cultivated area is 625.13 hectares. There are 6 villages and 25 village groups. There are a total of 2,604 households with a population of 6,899, of which, Kyrgyz of 5,201, Han of 1,067, Uyghur peoples of 5,90 and the other ethnic groups of 41.[1]

Settlements

The township has a residential community, 6 administration villages[1] [6] and 16 unincorporated villages under its jurisdiction.[5] [7]

1 community:

6 administration villages:

Demographics

, the population of Kiziloy was 72.4% Kyrgyz.[7] The Heiziwei subgroup of Kyrgyz people speak the Heiziwei dialect of Northern Kyrgyz.[13]

Economy

Economic activities in Kiziloy include flour processing and other small scale industries as well as mining of celestine, gypsum, red clay, lead and zinc. Groundwater resources are abundant.[3]

Transportation

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.xjwqx.gov.cn/P/C/2642.htm. https://web.archive.org/web/20201006142745/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3A11UeLMInEpEJ%3Awww.xjwqx.gov.cn%2FP%2FC%2F2642.htm. 6 October 2020. Google Cache, Internet Archive. zh:黑孜苇乡. xjwqx.gov.cn. 2018-05-29. 2019-10-21.
  2. Web site: http://www.xjwqx.gov.cn/wqxtown.htm. zh:乡镇频道. https://web.archive.org/web/20190517101458/http://www.xjwqx.gov.cn/wqxtown.htm. 17 May 2019. 乌恰县人民政府.
  3. Book: zh:地名中的新疆. zh-hans. 2003. 7-228-08004-1. Xie Yuzhong 解玉忠. Ürümqi. 新疆人民出版社. 195. 黑孜苇 Kiziloy.
  4. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  5. Web site: http://www.xjwqx.gov.cn/P/C/3141.htm. zh:乌恰县行政区划和居民地名称. https://web.archive.org/web/20201008135305/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AiMajUJAal0wJ%3Awww.xjkz.gov.cn%2FP%2FC%2F7391.htm. 8 October 2020. Google Cache, Internet Archive. zh-hans. xjwqx.gov.cn. 2018-06-04. 2019-10-21.
  6. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/65/30/24/653024203.html. zh:2018年乌恰县黑孜苇乡行政区划代码. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2018-10-31. 2019-10-21.
  7. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22309.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015080753/http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22309.html. 15 October 2017. live. zh:1997年乌恰县行政区划. 1997 Ulugqat County Administrative Divisions . XZQH.org . 31 December 2010 . zh-hans . 5 October 2020 . 黑孜苇乡　位于县城南3.5千米。面积2782.4平方千米，人口0.5万，其中柯尔克孜族占72.4％，辖库勒阿日克、也克铁热克、阿热布拉克、康西湾4个行政村。“黑孜苇”系柯尔克孜语译音，意为“红色的洼地”。1950年设黑孜苇乡，1958年建公社，1969年更名东方红公社，1984年复改黑孜苇乡。康苏河和库孜洪河流经乡境。.
  8. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  9. Web site: http://uyghur.xjkunlun.gov.cn/sz/jnxw/23657.htm. https://web.archive.org/web/20200727010824/http://uyghur.xjkunlun.gov.cn/sz/jnxw/23657.htm. 27 July 2020. Internet Archive. live. ug:يېشىللىققا پۈركەنگەن ئېكولوگىيە جاۋاب قەغىزى تاپشۇرۇش. قىزىلئۆي يېزىسى كەڭشىۋەر كەنتىدە،. 古丽米娜. ﺷﯩﻨﺠﺎﯓ ﻛﯘﺋﯧﻨﻠﯘﻥ ﺗﻮﺭﻯ 昆仑网 新疆党建网.
  10. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  11. Web site: http://uyghur.people.com.cn/156325/15770030.html. ug:شىنجاڭغا نىشانلىق ياردەم بېرىش: تولار زېمىن باھار پەيزىگە، بارچە گۈللەر ئاچقاندا پورەك. 17 June 2019. 6 October 2020. People's Daily. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809212007/http://uyghur.people.com.cn/156325/15770030.html. 9 August 2020. live. قىزىلئۆي يېزىسى قانجۇغان كەنتى.
  12. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  13. Book: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China. James S. Olson. 1988. https://web.archive.org/web/20200711103457/http://library.mibckerala.org/lms_frame/eBook/Olson%20-%20An%20Ethnohistorical%20Dictionary%20of%20China%20(GP).pdf. 11 July 2020. live. Greenwood Press. 140, 180, 261.

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