| Xinhe County | |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | Xinjiang#China |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Xinjiang |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Aksu |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Toksu Town (Xinhe) |
| Demographics Type2: | Ethnic groups |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Major ethnic groups |
| Demographics2 Info1: | Uyghur[1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5820.46 |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 194,473 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Ibox-Order: | ug, zh |
| S: | 新和县 |
| T: | 新和縣 |
| W: | Hsin¹-ho² Hsien⁴ |
| P: | Xīnhé Xiàn |
| S2: | 托克苏县 |
| T2: | 托克蘇縣 |
| P2: | Tuōkèsū Xiàn |
| Uig: | توقسۇ ناھىيىسى |
| Uly: | Toqsu Nahiyisi |
| Uyy: | Tok̡su Nah̡iyisi |
| Sgs: | Toksu Nahiyisi |
| Usy: | Тоқсу Наһийиси |
| Order: | st |
Xinhe County (Chinese: s=新和县) as the official romanized name, also formerly known as its Uyghur name Toksu County[4] (Uighur; Uyghur: توقسۇ ناھىيىسى;[5] Chinese: c=托克苏县), is a county in Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.
The county's original name Toksu was changed into Xinhe in 1941. "Xinhe" is the abbreviation of "Xinjiang Heping" (Chinese: 新疆和平), literally "Xinjiang Peace."[6]
On October 27, 1930, Toksu County was created from part of Kuqa.[6]
In 1941[6] or 1944, Toksu County's Chinese character name was changed from 'Tuokesu' County (Chinese: 托克蘇縣) to 'Xinhe' County (Chinese: 新和縣).
Xinhe County administered 4 towns, 4 townships and 4 other areas:[7] [8] [9]
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Administrative division code | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | |||||||
| Toksu Town (Xinhe Town) | Chinese: 新和镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: توقسۇ بازىرى | 652925100 | ||||
| Yultuzbaġ Town[10] | Chinese: 尤鲁都斯巴格镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: يۇلتۇزباغ بازىرى | 652925101 | formerly Yultuzbaġ Township (Chinese: 尤鲁都斯巴格乡) | |||
| Icheriq Town | Chinese: 依其艾日克镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: ئىچئېرىق بازىرى | 652925102 | formerly Icheriq Township (Chinese: 依其艾日克乡) | |||
| Tasheriq Town | Chinese: 塔什艾日克镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: تاشئېرىق بازىرى | 652925103 | formerly Tasheriq Township (Uighur; Uyghur: تاشئېرىق يېزىسى / Chinese: 塔什艾日克乡) | |||
| Payxambabazar Town[11] | Chinese: 排先拜巴扎镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: پەيشەنبەبازار بازىرى | 652925104 | formerly Payxambabazar Township (Uighur; Uyghur: پەيشەنبەبازار يېزىسى / Chinese: 排先拜巴扎乡) | |||
| Üchqat Town | Chinese: 玉奇喀特镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: ئۈچقات بازىرى | 652925105 | formerly Üchqat Township (Uighur; Uyghur: ئۈچقات يېزىسى / Chinese: 玉奇喀特乡) | |||
| Townships | |||||||
| Ogen Township | Chinese: 渭干乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: ئۆگەن يېزىسى | 652925203 | ||||
| Tamtoghraq Township | Chinese: 塔木托格拉克乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: تامتوغراق يېزىسى | 652925205 | ||||
The economy is based on agriculture and also animal husbandry. The county produces wheat, corn, rice, cotton and melons as well as Parthian fennel and thin-shelled walnuts. Industries include wool-spinning, knitting, and carpet making.[12]
As of 2015, 184,399 of the 195,920 residents of the county were Uyghur, 10,901 were Han Chinese and 620 were from other ethnic groups.[13]
As of 1999, 95.01% of the population of the county were Uyghur and 4.81% of the population was Han Chinese.[14]
Xinhe is served by the Southern Xinjiang Railway.
Historical English-language maps including Toksu/Xinhe: