Pilal Explained

Pilal
Other Name:Pilale
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:Akto
Unit Pref:metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:186
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:46,981
Demographics Type2:Ethnic groups
Demographics2 Title1:Major ethnic groups
Demographics2 Info1:Uyghur
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:39.1898°N 75.8547°W
Postal Code Type:postal code
Postal Code:845551
Area Code:653022 201

Pilal[2] [3] (;[4] from Mandarin Chinese Pilale[5] or Chinese: 皮拉力乡) is a township of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the west of the northeastern part of the county, the township covers an area of 186 square kilometers with a population of 46,981 (as of 2015[1]). It has 22 administrative villages and a farm under its jurisdiction. Its seat is at Pilal Village (Chinese: 皮拉勒村).[6]

Name

The name of Piral is from Uighur language, that evolved from the word "pul-al", meaning "paying" or "pay money" (Chinese: 拿钱来). The place was named Pilal because there used to be a market in this place 270 years ago (about 1750s).[7]

History

In 1958, Pilal Commune was established (Chinese: 皮拉勒公社).

In 1967 during the Cultural Revolution, Pilal Commune was renamed Hongqi Commune (literally 'Red Flag Commune'; Chinese: {{linktext|红旗|公社).

In 1984, the commune became Pilal Township.

In September 2017, it was reported that a policewoman from Pilal had claimed that "several thousand detainees" were in the Xinjiang re-education camps system in Akto County, saying the facilities were "closed schools" where authorities keep internees "detained day and night, and they continuously receive political and ideological education." She further commented that, "A few people are released after two or three months. But most detainees are sent to the camps indefinitely."[8]

Geography and resources

The township of Pilal is located between 75°45′- 76°01′ east longitude and 38°08′- 39°16′ north latitude and in the alluvial plain of Gez River to the northwest of the county seat. It is bordered by Tortayi Farm to the east, by Barin Township, Akto Town and Ujme Township to the south, by Buraksu Township of Shufu County to the west, by the 41st Regiment (Chinese: 41团) of the XPCC across Yuepuhu River (Chinese: 岳普湖河) to the north. Its maximum distance is 24 kilometers from west to east and 11 kilometers from north to south. It has an area of 186 square kilometers with an area of 6 118 hectares of arable land. The distance between the seat of the township and the county seat is 11 kilometers.

The township has a temperate continental arid climate with a long frost-free period. Its annual average temperature is 12 °C, the average temperature in January is -7.4 °C, and the average temperature in July is 24.9 °C. Its terrain is flat with sufficient water source. It is rich in mineral resources, mainly iron, copper, gold, aluminum, zinc and coal.

The soil is fertile, part of which are silt and salt soil. The natural conditions for developing agriculture are very advantageous. Pilal Township has a long history of planting rice. It is known as the “Plateau Rice land” (Chinese: 高原稻乡) and is the main rice producing area in Akto County.

Administrative divisions

The township has 22 administration villages and a farm under its jurisdiction.[9] [10] [11]

22 administration villages:
a farm
Unincorporated villages

Demographics

, 93.1% of the residents of Pilal were Uyghur.[11]

Economy

Water resources are plentiful. Japonica rice is produced in abundance and Pilal is the main rice producing area of Akto County.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.xjakt.gov.cn/P/C/2589.htm. zh:皮拉勒乡（概况）. xjakt.gov.cn. 2018-06-04. 2019-11-10.
  2. 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. 192.
  3. Web site: China Didn't Want Us to Know. Now Its Own Files Are Doing the Talking.. Adrian Zenz. New York Times. 24 November 2019. 15 September 2020. Another spreadsheet from September 2018 shows lists of loan defaulters in Pilal Township, Akto County. In 80 percent of the cases where the reason for default was listed as “internment,” most of the borrowed funds were shown to still be in the bank..
  4. News: http://uy.ts.cn/system/2020/05/21/036276754.shtml. ug:نامراتلىقتىن قۇتۇلۇشقا كۈچىمىز بار، نامراتلىق قالپىقىنى چۆرۈپ تاشلاشقا ئىشەنچىمىز بار. ug. https://web.archive.org/web/20200616041208/http://uy.ts.cn/system/2020/05/21/036276754.shtml. 16 June 2020. 21 May 2020. 15 September 2020. ياقۇپجان تۇرسۇن. Tianshannet. ئاقتۇ ناھىيەسى پىلال يېزىسى.
  5. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  6. Web site: http://www.xjkz.gov.cn/P/C/7394.htm. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428212915/http://www.xjkz.gov.cn/P/C/7394.htm. dead. April 28, 2021. zh:阿克陶县行政区划和居民地名称. xjkz.gov.cn. 2018-05-04. 2019-11-10.
  7. Web site: https://www.monseng.com/se/xinjiang/kzlskr/26202.html/2. zh:克孜勒阿克陶县民生地理. monseng.com. 2019-03-04 . 2019-11-11.
  8. News: China detains thousands of Muslims in re-education camps. 13 September 2017. 15 September 2020. Union of Catholic Asian News.
  9. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/65/30/22/653022201.html. zh:2018年皮拉勒乡行政区划代码. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2018-10-31. 2019-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20191028055242/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/65/30/22/653022201.html. 28 October 2019. 霍依拉阿勒迪村委会青年农场.
  10. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/65/30/22/653022201.html. zh:2019年皮拉勒乡行政区划代码. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2019. 15 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200915070928/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/65/30/22/653022201.html. 15 September 2020. 霍伊拉阿勒迪村委会青年农场生活区.
  11. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22301.html. zh:1997年阿克陶县行政区划. 1997 Akto County Administrative Divisions . XZQH.org . 31 December 2010 . zh-hans . 14 September 2020 . 皮拉勒乡 1958年成立皮拉勒公社，1967年更名红旗公社，1984年改设皮拉勒乡。位于县城西北10千米。面积186平方千米，人口3.2万，其中维吾尔族占93.1％，辖喀拉苏、英阿尔帕、尤喀克英阿尔帕、阿克孜其、霍伊拉阿勒迪、琼巴什、墩都热、拜什铁热克、苏鲁克、阿克美其特、阔苏拉、帕拉其、恰尔巴格、依克其来、阿克土、塔孜勒克、乌尊拉、博来克其18个行政村。.
  12. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  13. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  14. Web site: Terrorists attack China's Xinjiang region, despite stronger security. Stuart Leavenworth. 30 November 2014. 15 September 2020. Sydney Morning Herald. Oppressive regime: surveillance cameras on the road entering the village of Pilal in Akto County, Xinjiang..
  15. Web site: http://uy.ts.cn/system/2019/06/19/035741570.shtml. ug:شىنجاڭ: پەن-تېخنىكا ئارقىلىق يېزا ئىگىلىكىگە ياردەم بېرىپ، ئەلگە نەپ يەتكۈزۈش. ug. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712225504/http://uy.ts.cn/system/2019/06/19/035741570.shtml. 12 July 2019. live. 16 June 2019. 15 September 2020. Tianshannet. Amangul Abdurrahman ئامانگۈل ئابدۇراخمان. پىلال يېزىسى سۇلۇق كەنت.
  16. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

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