Uqturpan County Explained

Uqturpan County
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:Xinjiang#China
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Label:Uqturpan
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Parts:3 towns, 6 townships
Parts Type:Township-level divisions
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Xinjiang
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Aksu
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Uqturpan Town (Wushi)
Area Total Km2:9,051.54
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:205,571
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Demographics Type2:Ethnic groups
Demographics2 Title1:Major ethnic groups
Demographics2 Info1:Uyghur[2]
Coordinates:41.2139°N 79.2231°W
Elevation M:1200–2000
Elevation Ft:3937–6561
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:843400
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Ibox-Order:ug, zh
Uqturpan County
W:Wu¹-shih² Hsien⁴
P:Wūshí Xiàn
S2:乌什吐鲁番县
T2:烏什吐魯番縣
P2:Wūshítǔlǔfān Xiàn
W2:Wu¹-shih²-t'u³-lu³-fan¹ Hsien⁴
Uig:ئۇچتۇرپان ناھىيىسى
Uly:Uchturpan Nahiyisi
Uyy:Uqturpan Nah̡iyisi
Sgs:Uqturpan Nahiyisi
Usy:Учтурпан Наһийиси
Order:st

Uqturpan County[3] [4] [5] or Uchturpan County[6] [7] [8] (transliterated from ;), also Wushi County, is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the administration of Aksu Prefecture and shares an approximately 150km (90miles)[9] long border with Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Region. The county is bordered to the northeast by Onsu County (Wensu), to the southeast by Aksu city, to the west by Akqi County in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture and to the south by Kalpin County (Keping). It has an area of and a population of 180,000.

Name

Uqturpan is also spelled Uchturpan and Uch-Turfan.[10]

History

Tang

During the Battle of Aksu (717), the Umayyad Caliphate and their Turgesh and Tibetan Empire allies hope to seize Uqturpan (then known as Dai-dʑiᴇk-dʑiᴇŋ) from Tang-Karluks-Exiled Western Turkic Khaganate allies but were repelled.[11]

Qing

Ush Turfan was the site of a battle between Barhanuddin and Abdulla during the Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas.[12] [13] Six years after the Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas, ten years after the Qing's rescue of the Khoja Brothers from Dzungars, an anti-Qing uprising of the local Turkic (later "Uyghur") people took place in Uqturpan. Legend says that a local rebel leader was married to Iparhan, known as the "Fragrant Concubine" a descendant of Apaq Khoja. During the turmoil, many fled, and the thousands who remained were killed by Sino-Manchu forces. Later, the area was repopulated by migrants from what is now Southern Xinjiang.[14]

The Ush rebellion in 1765 by Uyghurs against the Manchus occurred after Uyghur women were gang raped by the servants and son of Manchu official Su-cheng.[15] It was said that Ush Muslims had long wanted to sleep on [Sucheng and son's] hides and eat their flesh. because of the rape of Uyghur Muslim women for months by the Manchu official Sucheng and his son.[16] The Manchu Emperor ordered that the Uyghur rebel town be massacred, the Qing forces enslaved all the Uyghur children and women and slaughtered the Uyghur men.[17] Manchu soldiers and Manchu officials regularly having sex with or raping Uyghur women caused massive hatred and anger by Uyghur Muslims to Manchu rule.[18]

21st century

In 2012, Aqyar Township (Aheya) was made a town.In a 2012 article from Radio Free Asia, it was reported that according to family sources and local authorities, Islam Urayim, then 32, a native of Uqturpan County who had been deported to China on December 19, 2009, despite seeking asylum in Cambodia, had been sentenced to life in prison. It was unclear when Urayim was sentenced or on what charges he was convicted.[19]

On April 3, 2015, Imam Township (Yimamu) was made a town.[20]

On October 27, 2019, at 1:29 PM, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Uqturpan County. No casualties were reported.[3]

According to a 2020 Radio Free Asia report, it was estimated by local officials that 20,000 Uyghurs were detained in the three re-education camps in the county.[21]

Geography

The highest point in Uqturpan County is Zhatekelie Feng (Chinese: 扎特克列峰) at 5135m (16,847feet) above sea level.[9]

59.9% of the territory of Uqturpan County is mountainous, 27.6% is Gobi-like desert areas and 12.5% is valley flatland.[9]

Administrative divisions

Uqturpan County administered 3 towns, 5 townships and 1 ethnic townships:[22] [23] [24]

NameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinUyghur (UEY)Uyghur Latin (ULY)Administrative division codeNotes
Towns
Uqturpan Town
(Wushi Town)		Chinese: 乌什镇Uighur; Uyghur: ئۇچتۇرپان بازىرى652927100
Aqyar Town[25] (Aheya, Akyar;[26] Chinese: 阿合雅镇Uighur; Uyghur: ئاقيار بازىرى652927101
Imam Town[27] Chinese: 依麻木镇Uighur; Uyghur: ئىمام بازىرى652927102formerly Imam Township (依麻木乡)
Townships
Aqtoqay TownshipChinese: 阿克托海乡Uighur; Uyghur: ئاقتوقاي يېزىسى[28] 652927200
Yakowruk Township[29] Chinese: 亚科瑞克乡Uighur; Uyghur: ياكۆۋرۈك يېزىسى[30] 652927201
Achatagh TownshipChinese: 阿恰塔格乡Uighur; Uyghur: ئاچاتاغ يېزىسى[31] 652927202
Yengiawat Township[32] Chinese: 英阿瓦提乡Uighur; Uyghur: يېڭىئاۋات يېزىسى652927205
Otbeshi TownshipChinese: 奥特贝希乡Uighur; Uyghur: ئوتبېشى يېزىسى[33] 652927207
Ethnic township
Yamansu Kyrgyz Ethnic TownshipChinese: 亚曼苏柯尔克孜族乡Uighur; Uyghur: يامانسۇ قىرغىز يېزىسى652927206(Kyrgyz)
Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: جامانسۇۇ قىرعىز ايىلى
Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: Жаман-Суу Кыргыз айылы

Demographics

As of 2015, 216,579 of the 235,336 residents of the county were Uyghur, 11,462 were Han Chinese, 5,613 were Kyrgyz and 1,682 were from other ethnic groups.[34]

As of 1999, 90.01% of the population of Uqturpan (Wushi) County was Uyghur and 6.73% of the population was Han Chinese.[35]

Economy

Uqturpan County's economy is primarily based on agriculture and animal husbandry, producing wheat, rice, corn, cotton, sesame (Chinese: {{linktext|胡麻), rapeseed, and pelts. Industries include cooking oil processing, tractor repair, and construction among others.[36]

, there was about 86,800 acres (572,793 mu) of cultivated land in Uqturpan.[37]

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Uqturpan:

Notes and References

  1. http://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/xinjiang/admin/ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  2. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/21105.html. zh:1997年乌什县行政区划. 1997 Uqturpan County Administrative Divisions. zh-hans. 10 November 2011. 9 May 2020. XZQH.org. Chinese: 其中维吾尔族占90.4%，.
  3. Web site: No casualties reported in Xinjiang earthquake. https://web.archive.org/web/20200425215125/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/27/c_138507022.htm. April 25, 2020. 27 October 2019. 26 April 2020. Li Xia. No casualties or economic loss have been reported after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Uqturpan County of Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 1:29 p.m. Sunday.. Xinhua News Agency.
  4. Web site: Scenes From Xinjiang. Alan Taylor. 8 May 2017. 6 May 2020. The Atlantic. Students from ethnic minorities give the Young Pioneer's salute to their teacher (right) at a primary school in Uqturpan county, Xinjiang on May 3, 2012..
  5. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  6. Book: Rahman, Anwar. Sinicization Beyond the Great Wall: China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Troubador Publishing Ltd. 2005. 69. 978-1-904744-88-7.
  7. Web site: Xinjiang cadres try to quell unrest ahead of July 5 anniversary. 4 July 2013. 7 May 2020. South China Morning Post. Choi Chi-yuk . Mandy Zuo . The head of Uchturpan county's tourism bureau was sacked for being absent from duty, the People's Daily website reported..
  8. News: Young Uyghur Brothers Handed Five-Year Prison Terms For 'Viewing Illegal Videos'. 8 September 2020. 21 September 2020. Radio Free Asia. Aksu (in Chinese, Akesu) prefecture's Uchturpan (Wushi) county, . Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes. Elise Anderson.
  9. Web site: https://www.ws.gov.cn/wsgk/zrdlgk/index.html. zh:自然地理. zh-hans. 24 January 2018. 8 May 2020. zh:乌什县人民政府 . Chinese: 北以天山山脉与吉尔吉斯斯坦共和国接壤。{....
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  20. Web site: 新疆维吾尔自治区人民政府关于同意乌什县依麻木乡撤乡设镇的批复（新政函〔2015〕86号） . zh-hans. 2015-05-26. 2017-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170921001827/http://www.xjmca.gov.cn/xzqhtzgg/28581.jhtml . 2017-09-21 . Chinese: 2015年4月3日，自治区人民政府同意撤销乌什县依麻木乡建制，设立依麻木镇，其行政区域界线、政府驻地及隶属关系不变。.
  21. Web site: Six Camp Detainees From a Street in Xinjiang's Uchturpan Have Died or Are Seriously Ill. 2 November 2020. 10 November 2020. Radio Free Asia. Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes.
  22. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/65/29/652927.html . zh:2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：乌什县 . 2019 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Uqturpan County . zh-hans . . 2019 . 6 May 2019 . Chinese: 统计用区划代码 名称 652927100000 乌什镇 652927101000 阿合雅镇 652927102000 依麻木镇 652927200000 阿克托海乡 652927201000 亚科瑞克乡 652927202000 阿恰塔格乡 652927205000 英阿瓦提乡 652927206000 亚曼苏柯尔克孜族乡 652927207000 奥特贝希乡|.
  23. Web site: https://www.ws.gov.cn/wsgk/xzqh/20150805/i183657.html. zh:乌什县行政区划. Uqturpan County Administrative Divisions. 8 February 2018. 7 May 2020. zh:乌什县人民政府 . Chinese: 乌什县辖3个镇、6个乡：乌什镇、阿克托海乡、亚科瑞克乡、阿恰塔格乡、阿合雅镇、依麻木镇、英阿瓦提乡、亚曼苏乡、奥特贝希乡，共108个行政村527个村民小组、11个社区。县境内有：兵团一师四团。县人民政府驻乌什镇。.
  24. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/21107.html. zh:乌什县历史沿革 . Uqturpan County Historical Development . XZQH.org . 27 May 2015. zh-hans . 7 May 2019 . Chinese: 2000年第五次人口普查，乌什县常住总人口177410人，{....
  25. Web site: Missing Uyghur Brothers Confirmed Detained in Xinjiang Internment Camp. 18 March 2020. 9 May 2020. . . Joshua Lipes . Elise Anderson. township of Aqyar, in Aksu (in Chinese, Akesu) prefecture's Uchturpan (Wushi) county,.
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  28. Web site: http://uyghur.xjkunlun.gov.cn/sz/jnxw/24316.htm. ug:پارتىيە بايرىقىنى ئاساسىي قاتلام بازىسىدا ئېگىز جەۋلان قىلدۇرۇش. ug. 5 June 2019. 11 May 2020. zh:昆仑网 新疆党建网 . 古丽米娜 . Uighur; Uyghur: ئاقتوقاي يېزىسى.
  29. Web site: 2014-08-11. Farmer's Murder Raises New Concerns Among Uyghurs in Xinjiang. https://web.archive.org/web/20200912210051/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/murder-08112014195601.html. 12 September 2020. Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes. Shohret Hoshur. Radio Free Asia. Internet Archive. live.
  30. Web site: http://uyghur.people.com.cn/165019/15405963.html. ug:كوللېكتىپ توي، تۇتاشقان قەلىبلەر(9). ug. 14 April 2014. 11 May 2020. People's Daily. Uighur; Uyghur: ئۇچتۇرپان ناھىيەسى ياكۆۋرۈك يېزىسى.
  31. Web site: http://uy.ts.cn/system/2020/02/07/036080892.shtml. ug:ئىشقا ئورۇنلاشتۇرۇپ نامراتلىقتىن قۇتۇلدۇرۇشنىڭ «ئۈچ مېلودىيە»سىنى ياڭرىتىش. ug. 7 February 2020. 11 May 2020. Tianshannet. ئامانگۈل ئابدۇراخمان . Uighur; Uyghur: ئۇچتۇرپان ناھىيەسىنىڭ ئاچاتاغ يېزىسى.
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