| Oytak | |
| Other Name: | Aoyitake Auyitagh; Oytag |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | China Xinjiang Southern |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Name1: | Xinjiang |
| Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kizilsu |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Akto |
| Unit Pref: | metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,537 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 5,093 |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Coordinates: | 39.0041°N 75.5567°W |
| Postal Code: | 845561 |
| Area Code: | 653022 101 |
Oytak Town is a town of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the middle of the northeast of the county, the town covers an area of 1,537 square kilometers with a population of 5,093 (as of 2017). It has 4 villages with 16 villagers' groups under its jurisdiction, its seat is at Tokkuzotak (Chinese: 托库孜乌塔克).[2]
The name of Oytak is from Kyrgyz language, meaning "sunken ravine" (Chinese: 凹山沟), or "a lowland in mountains" (Chinese: 山涧洼地) from the old Turkic language.[3] It is named after the geologically famous Oytak Valley (Chinese: 奥依塔克沟) in the land.[2] The name of the town is also spelled Oytag.[4] [5]
The town of Oytak is located between 75°58′～76°03′ east longitude and 39°12′- 39°16′ north latitude, 50 kilometers southwest of the county seat Akto Town. The Karakoram Highway runs through the town north to south, with convenient transportation. The area has a maximum length of 58 kilometers from west to east, a maximum length of 52 kilometers from north to south, and a total area of 1,537 square kilometers. Oytak is a semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral town with an area of 842.58 hectares of arable land, 49.21 hectares of orchard and 48.92 hectares of forest land. Oytak is a temperate continental dry climate with cool weather. The annual average temperature is 7.8 °C, the average temperature in January is −8.1 °C, the average temperature in July is 20.8 °C, and the frost-free period is 130–200 days.[1]
The main water system is the Gez River (Chinese: 盖孜河), the water resources are richer in the town. The town's economy is dominated by animal husbandry, and farming and animal husbandry are run. The land on both sides of the Gez River Valley is more fertile and flat. The main crops are wheat and corn. There are precious animals such as snow chicken and mongolian gazelle in the territory, and there are mineral resources such as iron, copper, gold, coal, oil shale, limestone, gypsum, clay and zeolite. The tourism resources are well-known Auyitagh Forest Park (Chinese: 奥依塔克森林公园), with glaciers, scenery and cool climate.[6]
The town has 4 villages under its jurisdiction.[7] [8]