Gongliu County

Gongliu County 巩留县 توققۇزتارا ناھىيىسى
County
Gongliu Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 43°28′00″N 82°08′56″E / 43.46667°N 82.14889°E / 43.46667; 82.14889Coordinates: 43°28′00″N 82°08′56″E / 43.46667°N 82.14889°E / 43.46667; 82.14889
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Autonomous prefecture	Ili
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Gongliu County (Chinese: 巩留县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Tokkuztara County (Uighur: توققۇزتارا ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 特克斯塔留县), 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 4,119 km² (1,590 sq mi). 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 ("巩固长留"), literally Stability and Long-lasting.^[1]

Administrative divisions[]

There is one township and seven villages. There are six towns in Tokkuztara County, which are as follows:

Note:

• 1. On October 21, 2014, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, the original Dongmahalla Township was renamed .^[2]
• 2. In 2013, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, the original Agarsin Township was renamed .
• 3. On July 13, 2016, with the approval of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the original Tikirik Township was renamed .^[3]
• 4. On January 24, 2013, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, it was renamed the original "Muhur Township" .

There are 2 townships in Tokkuztara County, which are as follows:

References[]

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