Tar Tajik Township Explained

Tar Tajik Township
Settlement Type:Township
Pushpin Map:China Xinjiang Southern
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the township in southern Xinjiang
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 Km2:1,009.7
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:5,408
Timezone:China Standard Time
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:37.8463°N 76.0611°W
Postal Code Type:postal code
Postal Code:845550
Area Code:653022 210

Tar Tajik Township (Chinese: s=塔尔塔吉克族乡; Uighur; Uyghur: تار تاجىك يېزىسى[2]) is an ethnic township for Chinese Tajiks in Akto County, in Xinjiang, China. Located in the southernmost part of the county, the township covers an area of 1,009.7 square kilometers with a population of 5,408 (as of 2015[1]). It has 8 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. Its seat is Bag Village (Chinese: 巴格村).[3]

Name

The name "Tar" is from the Sarikoli language and means "narrow". The township was so-named because it is located in a narrow river valley in the mountains.[4]

Geography and resources

Tar is the southernmost township of Akto County, located in the western Kunlun Mountains. It is bordered by Qarlung Township to the north and east, and Taxkorgan County to the south and west. It has an area of 1,009.7 square kilometers with 422.59 hectares of arable land. Its seat, Bag Village, is 420 kilometers away from the county seat, Akto Town. As of 2015, the township has 1,410 households and a population of 5,408.

Administrative divisions

The township has 8 administration villages[5] [6] and 12 unincorporated villages under its jurisdiction.

8 administration villages:

Unincorporated villages

Demographics

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.xjakt.gov.cn/P/C/2568.htm. zh:塔尔塔吉克族乡(概况). xjakt.gov.cn. 4 June 2018. 12 November 2019.
  2. Web site: http://uyghur.people.com.cn/156325/15773386.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200920193314/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/http://uyghur.people.com.cn/156325/15773386.html. 20 September 2020. ug:شىنجاڭ خەلققە قولايلىق باج بېجىرىش يولىنىڭ « ئەڭ ئاخىرقى بىر كىلومېتىر »نى تۇتاشتۇردى. ug. 10 July 2019. 20 September 2020. People's Daily. مەلىكەم مەمەت. تار تاجىك يېزىسى.
  3. Web site: http://www.xjkz.gov.cn/P/C/7394.htm. zh:阿克陶县行政区划和居民地名称. xjkz.gov.cn. 4 May 2018. 12 November 2019.
  4. 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. 4 March 2019 . 12 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191110094210/https://www.monseng.com/se/xinjiang/kzlskr/26202.html/2. 10 November 2019. dead.
  5. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/65/30/22/653022210.html. zh:2018年塔尔塔吉克族乡行政区划代码. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 31 October 2018. 12 November 2019.
  6. 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 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190819025230/http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22301.html. 19 August 2019. XZQH.org . 31 December 2010 . zh-hans . 8 September 2020 . 塔尔塔吉克族乡 1962年成立塔尔公社,1984年改设塔尔塔吉克族乡。位于县城南325千米,地处山区。面积1003平方千米,人口0.4万,均为塔吉克族。辖巴格、帕格孜、别勒迪尔、库孜、阿勒马勒克5个行政村。.
  7. News: http://www.xj.xinhuanet.com/2020-09/20/c_1126516627.htm. zh:人心齐了——稳稳的幸福在身边. 20 September 2020. 20 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200920195336/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/http://www.xj.xinhuanet.com/2020-09/20/c_1126516627.htm. 20 September 2020. 阿克陶县塔尔塔吉克族乡库祖村村民塔依尔·卡吾里今年48岁,这位塔吉克族汉子. zh-hans. Sui Yunyan 隋云雁. Xinhua News Agency.