Seriqbuya Explained

Seriqbuya
Other Name:	Serikbuya, Selibuya
Native Name:	Sëriqbuya, Uighur; Uyghur: سېرىقبۇيا
Official Name:	Uighur; Uyghur: سېرىقبۇيا, Chinese: 色力布亚 (Sèlìbùyà)
Settlement Type:	Town
Pushpin Map:	China Xinjiang Southern
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Xinjiang
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:	Autonomous Region
Subdivision Name1:	Xinjiang
Subdivision Type2:	Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:	Kashgar
Subdivision Type3:	County
Subdivision Name3:	Maralbexi / Bachu
Area Total Km2:	280
Population As Of:	2010
Population Total:	44642
Population Density Km2:	auto
Demographics Type2:	Ethnic groups
Demographics2 Title1:	Major ethnic group
Demographics2 Info1:	Uyghur
Timezone:	GMT+6
Coordinates:	39.3028°N 77.8214°W
Postal Code:	844000
Area Code:	0998

Seriqbuya (Uyghur: سېرىقبۇيا, USY: Сериқбуя, ULY: Sëriqbuya;) or Serikbuya^[1] is a town in Maralbexi (Bachu) County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It is located on Provincial Road 215, on the left (northwestern) bank of the Yarkand River and about 180 kilometers to the east of the city of Kashgar.

Name

The name Seriqbuya is from the Uyghur language and means yellow sophora alopecuroides.^[1]

History

In 1950, Seriqbuya District (Chinese: 色力布亚区) was established.^[2]

In 1958, Seriqbuya became a commune (Chinese: 色力布亚公社).'^[2]

In 1967 during the Cultural Revolution, the commune was renamed Dongfanghong Commune (literally, 'The East is Red Commune'; Chinese: 东方红公社).^[2]

In 1984, Seriqbuya Town (Chinese: 色力布亚镇) was created.^[2]

In 2013, Seriqbuya was the site of the April 2013 Bachu unrest between ethnic Uyghurs on one side and Chinese government officials and police on the other.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Administrative divisions

Seriqbuya includes ten residential communities and twenty villages (Mandarin Chinese Hanyu Pinyin-derived names, except where Uyghur is provided):^[6]

Residential communities:

• Kulebeixi (Chinese: 库勒贝希社区), Yingbazha (Chinese: 英巴扎社区), Keruikebeixi (Chinese: 科瑞克贝希社区), Wusitangboyi (Chinese: 吾斯塘博依社区), Ayikule (Chinese: 阿依库勒社区), Yingbage (Chinese: 英巴格社区), Daqiakule (Chinese: 达恰库勒社区), Humudanbeixi (Chinese: 胡木旦贝希社区), Dunmaili (Chinese: 墩买里社区), Xialelike (Chinese: 夏勒力克社区)

Villages:

• Nuobeixi (Chinese: 诺贝希村), Kala'aikenboyi (Chinese: 喀拉艾肯博依村), Yingmaili (Chinese: 英买里村), Akewusitang (Chinese: 阿克吾斯塘村), Kekeligantale (Chinese: 科克力干塔勒村), Xiakele'awati (Chinese: 夏喀勒阿瓦提村), Tuogelake (Chinese: 托格拉克村), Kunqibulong (Chinese: 昆其布隆村), Kumusareyi (Chinese: 库木萨热依村), Pahemileke (Chinese: 帕合米勒克村), Aketaikaisike (Chinese: 阿勒台开斯克村), Akedunjiemi (Chinese: 阿克墩结米村), Kebaishitupu (Chinese: 科拜什吐普村), Saikesantale (Chinese: 赛克散塔勒村), Boz'ëriq (Uighur; Uyghur: بوزئېرىق كەنت^[7] / Bozi'airike Chinese: 博孜艾日克村), Ying'awati (Chinese: 英阿瓦提村), Keyakelike (Chinese: 克亚克力克村), Kuremutuogelake (Chinese: 库热木托格拉克村), Yolwasqotan (Uighur; Uyghur: يولۋاسقوتان كەنت^[8] / Yaolewasikuotan Chinese: 尧勒瓦斯阔坦村), Ketaikelike (Chinese: 科台克力克村)'

Demographics

, Seriqbuya's population was 98.6% Uyghur.^[2]

Economy

Seriqbuya is a traditional southern Xinjiang agricultural village and market town where as many as ten-thousand people meet to trade. The business skills of local traders are strong and many traders from Seriqbuya have migrated to Beijing and Shanghai. Nearby farms produce licorice and medicinal products as a specialty.^[1]

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Seriqbuya:

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Xinjiang

Notes and References

1. 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. 230.
2. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/21292.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200225094036/http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/21292.html. 25 February 2020. live. 2010-11-18. 13 December 2020. XZQH.org. zh:1997年巴楚县行政区划. zh-hans.
3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22319579 D. Grammaticas, Doubts over China government claims on Xinjiang attack, BBC, 26 April 2013
4. Web site: Xinjiang Violence Leaves 21 Dead. 24 April 2013. 25 February 2020. Radio Free Asia. Luisetta Mudie . Parameswaran Ponnudurai. .
5. Web site: Overview of the Maralbeshi Incident on 23 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160823103257/https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/wp-content/uploads/April-2013-Maralbeshi-Incident.pdf. 23 August 2016. World Uyghur Congress. May 2013.
6. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2020/65/31/30/653130101.html. 2020 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Seriqbuya Town. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130000302/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2020/65/31/30/653130101.html. 30 November 2020. live . zh:2020年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：色力布亚镇 . zh-hans . . 2020 . 13 December 2020.
7. Web site: http://uygur.acradio.cn/news/2020-01/08/cms43519article.shtml. https://web.archive.org/web/20201215122945/http://uygur.acradio.cn/news/2020-01/08/cms43519article.shtml. 15 December 2020. live. ug:ئاپتونوم رايونلۇق خەلق قۇرۇلتىيى ۋەكىللىرى، سىياسىي كېڭەش ئەزالىرى نامراتلارنى باشقا جايغا كۆچۈرۈپ يۆلەشتە، «كۆچۈرەلەيدىغان، تۇتۇپ قالالايدىغان، ئىشقا ئورۇنلاشتۇرالايدىغان، كاپالەتكە ئىگە بولالايدىغان بولۇش» نى قانداق ئىشقا ئاشۇرۇشنى چۆرىدەپ پائال چارە- تەدبىر كۆرسەتتى. ug. 8 January 2020. 15 December 2020. 中亚之声. Amen ئامىنە. سېرىقبۇيا بازىرى بوزئېرىق كەنت.
8. Web site: http://uy.ts.cn/system/2020/10/16/036466689.shtml. ug:مارالبېشى ناھىيەسى: پەن-تېخنىكا پاختا تېرىش «ئادەمسىز مەشغۇلات»ىغا كۈچ قوشتى. ug. 16 October 2020. 15 December 2020. Tianshannet. Qurbanjan Qayyum قۇربانجان قېيۇم. https://web.archive.org/web/20201016190946/http://uy.ts.cn/system/2020/10/16/036466689.shtml. 16 October 2020. live.