Turtay Farm | |
Other Name: | Tuo'ertayi Farm |
Settlement Type: | State-owned farm |
Pushpin Map: | China Xinjiang Southern |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the farm |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | 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: | 43 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 4,768 |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Coordinates: | 39.2146°N 76.0092°W |
Postal Code Type: | postal code |
Postal Code: | 845553 |
Area Code: | 653022 400 |
Turtay Farm (; Uighur; Uyghur: تۇرتاي دېھقانچىلىق مەيدانى, turtay dëhqanchiliq meydani) is a local state-owned farm of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. The farm is located in the northeast of Akto County and 8 kilometers away northeast of Akto Town. It covers an area of 43 square kilometers with 1,238 households and a population of 4,768 (as of 2015[1]). The farm is divided into 8 production teams[2] and quartered in Turtay Village of Jamaterek Township.
The name of Turtay (Uighur; Uyghur: تۇرتاي) is from Uighur language, meaning "date red foal" (Chinese: 枣红色的马驹). The farm was formed in 1958 as the 2nd branch of Hongqi Farm of Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 克州红旗农场二分场) and transferred to Akto County under its administration in 1973, it was renamed to the present name in 1981.[3]