Zhaosu County

Zhaosu County
Zhaosu County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	昭苏县
Traditional Chinese	昭蘇縣
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhāosū Xiàn
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhāosū Xiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	蒙古库热县
Traditional Chinese	蒙古庫熱縣
Hanyu Pinyin	Ménggǔkùrè Xiàn
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Ménggǔkùrè Xiàn
Uyghur name
Uyghur	موڭغۇلكۈرە ناھىيىسى‎
Latin Yëziqi
Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi	Mongghulküre Nahiyisi
Yengi Yeziⱪ	Mongƣulkürə Nah̡iyisi
SASM/GNC	Monggulküra Nahiyisi
Siril Yëziqi	Моңғулкүрә Наһийиси
Todo Mongolian name
Todo Mongolian	; Moŋgolküree; Mongolküre

Mongolküre County

昭苏县 · موڭغۇلكۈرە ناھىيىسى
Mongolküre County 昭苏县 · موڭغۇلكۈرە ناھىيىسى
County
	Mongolküre County (red) within Ili Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
	Coordinates: 43°09′26″N 81°07′52″E / 43.1573°N 81.1310°ECoordinates: 43°09′26″N 81°07′52″E / 43.1573°N 81.1310°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Autonomous prefecture	Ili
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Mongolküre County (Mongolian: ᠮᡆᡊᡎᡆᠯᡘᡉᠷᡄᡃ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ; Uighur: موڭغۇلكۈرە ناھىيىسى, romanized: Mongghulküre; Chinese: 蒙古库热县), also Zhaosu County (Chinese: 昭苏县) as the Chinese romanized name, is a county situated within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, bordering Kazakhstan's Almaty Region to the west. It contains an area of 10,455 km² (4,037 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 150,000.

Administrative divisions[]

Town (镇)

(昭苏镇)

Township (乡)

(洪纳海乡) | (乌尊布拉克乡) | (阿克达拉乡) | (萨尔阔布乡) | (喀夏加尔乡) | (喀拉苏乡)

Ethnic Township (民族乡)

(察汗乌苏蒙古族乡) | (夏特柯尔克孜族乡) | (胡松图喀尔逊蒙古族乡)

Other (其他)

Zhongyang Ranch (种羊场) | 阿合牙孜牧场 | 种马场 | 天山西部林业局昭苏林场 | 军马场 | 煤矿 | 农四师（74团 | 75团 | 76团 | 77团

Education[]

The town has Shuguang Middle (Secondary) School, formerly Number 1 Middle School.^[1]

Agriculture[]

The primary crops cultivated are potatoes and wheat.^[1]

Economy[]

By 2020, the town had restaurants catering to Han Chinese tastes.^[1]

Demographics[]

Additional Han people moved to the county circa 2008.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rajagopalan, Megha; Killing, Alison (2020-12-03). "Inside A Xinjiang Detention Camp". Buzzfeed News. Retrieved 2020-12-04.

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[RajagopalanKilling-1] Rajagopalan, Megha; Killing, Alison (2020-12-03). "Inside A Xinjiang Detention Camp". Buzzfeed News. Retrieved 2020-12-04.

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