Gongliu County Explained

Gongliu County
Other Name:Tokkuztara County
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:China Xinjiang Northern#Xinjiang#China
Pushpin Label:Gongliu
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Coordinates:43.4667°N 82.1489°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Xinjiang
Subdivision Type2:Autonomous prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Ili
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Toqquztara Town
Area Total Km2:4,116
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Total:175,766
Population Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Gongliu County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Tokkuztara County (;), is a county situated within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 4119km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 160,000.

Name

The place was originally named Tokkuztara, meaning "nine streams" because branches of the Ili River merged in the area. When a county was set up in 1932, Gongliu was chosen as the official name, which is an abbreviation of Gonggu Changliu ("Chinese: 巩固长留"), literally Stability and Long-lasting.[2]

Administrative divisions

Gongliu County is divided into 6 towns and 2 townships.

NameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinUyghur (UEY)Uyghur Latin (ULY)Kazakh (Arabic script)Kazakh (Cyrillic script)Number of communitiesPopulation (thousand)Land area (km2)
Towns
Toqquztara TownChinese: 巩留镇Uighur; Uyghur: توققۇزتارا بازىرىKazakh: توعىزتاراۋ قالاشىعى724.729
Aqtobek TownChinese: 阿克吐别克镇Uighur; Uyghur: ئاقتۆبەك بازىرىKazakh: اقتۇبەك قالاشىعى69.7613.3
Kongdeneng TownChinese: 库尔德宁镇Uighur; Uyghur: كۆلدەنەڭ بازىرىKazakh: كولدەنەڭ قالاشىعى79.8568
Dongmehelle TownChinese: 东买里镇Uighur; Uyghur: دۆڭمەھەللە بازىرىKazakh: دوڭمالى قالاشىعى827317
Agharsin TownChinese: 阿尕尔森镇Uighur; Uyghur: ئاغارسىن بازىرىKazakh: اعارسىن قالاشىعى921.5714
Tikeriq TownChinese: 提克阿热克镇Uighur; Uyghur: تىكئېرىق بازىرىKazakh: تىكارىق قالاشىعى813.7426.7
Townships
Jirghilang TownshipChinese: 吉尔格郎乡Uighur; Uyghur: جىرغالاڭ يېزىسىKazakh: جىرعالاڭ اۋىلى66.6420
Tashtope TownshipChinese: 塔斯托别乡Uighur; Uyghur: تاشتۆپە يېزىسىKazakh: تاستوبە اۋىلى823.3414

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/xinjiang/admin/ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  2. Web site: 巩留县人民政府 - 巩留概况 . 2015-04-21 . 2015-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150316203659/http://www.xjgl.gov.cn/ctnshow.php/mid/115 . dead .
  3. Web site: ش ئۇ ئا ر خەلق ھۆكۈمىتىنىڭ تەستىقنامىسى(دۆڭمەھەللە بازىرى) . 2020-05-10 . 2017-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170921095005/http://www.xjmca.gov.cn/xzqhtzgg/26987.jhtml . dead .
  4. Web site: ش ئۇ ئا ر خەلق ھۆكۈمىتىنىڭ تەستىقنامىسى(ئاغارسىن بازىرى) . 2020-05-10 . 2017-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170921094900/http://www.xjmca.gov.cn/xzqhtzgg/31139.jhtml . dead .