Kulansarak Explained

Kulansarak
Other Name:Kulansarike
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:Akqi
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Jildiz Village (Jiledesi; Chinese: 吉勒得斯村)
Demographics Type2:Ethnic groups
Demographics2 Title1:Major ethnic groups
Demographics2 Info1:Kyrgyz[1]
Unit Pref:metric
Area Total Km2:1954
Population As Of:2010 Census
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:4,498
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:41.0255°N 78.7015°W

Kulansarak[3] [4] (Kulansa rak; also as Kulansarike;) is a township of Akqi County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the northeast of the county, it covers an area of 1,594 kilometres with a population of 4,498 (2010 Census[2]), the main ethnic group is Kyrgyz. The township has 5 administrative villages (as of 2018[5]) and 9 unincorporated villages under jurisdiction, its seat is at Jildiz Village (Chinese: 吉勒得斯).

Name

The name of Kulansa rak is from the Kyrgyz language, meaning yellow grass beach with wild horses (Chinese: 野马的黄草滩). It is said that the township was so named because there were wild horses that lived here.[4] The township is located in the northeast of the county, 33 kilometers northeast of the county seat Akqi Town.

History

It was formerly part of the 1st district in 1950, Hulangshan Commune (Chinese: 虎狼山公社) was established in 1958. Kulansarak Commune was created in 1962. It was renamed to Xiangyang Commune (Chinese: 向阳公社) in 1969 during the Cultural Revolution. In 1978, the commune was renamed Kulansarak Commune. It was organized as a township in 1984.[1] [6]

Administrative divisions

Kulansarak includes 5 villages:[7]

Economy

The main industries in the township are planting and animal husbandry, wheat, corn, broad beans, hemp and rape are the main products. It is one of the main grain and edible oil producing areas in the county. There are roads link to the provincial road S306 (Chinese: 省道306).[6]

Demographics

, 99.29% of the population of Kulansarak was Kyrgyz.[1]

Transportation

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22305.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20201001220725/http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22305.html. 1 October 2020. live. zh:1997年阿合奇县行政区划. 1997 Akqi County Administrative Divisions . XZQH.org . 31 December 2010 . zh-hans . 9 December 2020.
  2. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22307.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20201001225912/http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22307.html. 1 October 2020. live. zh:阿合奇县历史沿革. Akqi County Historical Development. xzqh.org. 2015-01-29. 2019-08-08.
  3. Book: zh:西域地名考录. zh-hans. July 2008. 978-7-5013-3628-9. Zhong Xingqi Chinese: 钟兴麒. Beijing. 国家图书馆出版社. 557.
  4. 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. 197–198. 库兰萨日克 Kulansarak.
  5. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/65/30/23/653023200.html. zh:2018年库兰萨日克乡行政区划代码. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2018-10-31. 2019-08-08.
  6. Web site: http://www.xjkz.gov.cn/P/C/7385.htm. zh:阿合奇县行政区划和居民地名称. https://web.archive.org/web/20190808031839/http://www.xjkz.gov.cn/P/C/7385.htm. 8 August 2019. live. Kizilsu.gov.cn. 2018-05-04. 2019-08-09.
  7. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2020/65/30/23/653023200.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129183015/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2020/65/30/23/653023200.html. 29 November 2020. live. zh:2020年乌恰县乌鲁克恰提乡行政区划代码：库兰萨日克乡. 2020 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Kulansarak Township. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2020. 8 December 2020.
  8. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  9. Web site: http://www.zgkashgar.com/xj/201902/t20190222_75162.html. 2019-02-22. 11 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201211093058/http://www.zgkashgar.com/xj/201902/t20190222_75162.html. 11 December 2020. live. ug:ئەلگە نەپ يەتكۈزۈش تەدبىرىگە تايىنىپ، بېيىش يولىغا مېڭىش. جۇڭگو قەشقەر تورى 中国喀什网. قۇلانساراق يېزىسى بەدەل كەنت.
  10. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

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