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Kizilsu
(also as Kezilesu;
; ug, قىزىلسۇ قىرغىز ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى;
Kyrgyz Kyrgyz, Kirghiz or Kyrgyzstani may refer to:
* Someone or something related to Kyrgyzstan
*Kyrgyz people
*Kyrgyz national games
*Kyrgyz language
*Kyrgyz culture
*Kyrgyz cuisine
*Yenisei Kirghiz
*The Fuyü Gïrgïs language in Northeastern China
...
: , , , ) is an
autonomous prefecture
Autonomous prefectures () are one type of autonomous administrative divisions of China, existing at the prefectural level, with either ethnic minorities forming over 50% of the population or being the historic home of significant minorities. A ...
of
Kyrgyz people
The Kyrgyz people (also spelled Kyrghyz, Kirgiz, and Kirghiz; ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is the nation state of the Kyrgyz people and significant diaspora can be found in China, Russia, and Uzbekistan. T ...
in the west of
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
, China, bordering with
Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
. The prefecture has an
area
Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while ''surface area'' refers to the area of an open s ...
of and its
capital
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is
Artux
Artux, Artush ( ug, ئاتۇش شەھىرى; ky, ارتىش, Артыш, Artysh), and officially rendered as Atuş ( zh, s=阿图什市, p=Ātúshí Shì),The official spelling according to is a county-level city and the capital of the Kyrgyz au ...
.
Etymology
Kizilsu, also spelled Kizil Su, refers to the
Kezi River Kezi may refer to:
* Kezi, Iran
* Kezi, Zimbabwe
See also
* KEZI Kezi may refer to:
* Kezi, Iran
* Kezi, Zimbabwe
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* KEZI, a television station in Eugene, Oregon, USA
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and means “red water” () in the
Kyrgyz language
Kyrgyz (; autonym: , tr. ''Kyrgyz tili'', ) is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia. Kyrgyz is the official language of Kyrgyzstan and a significant minority language in the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in X ...
, similar to the name of
Kyzyl-Suu, Kyrgyzstan
Kyzyl-Suu ( ky, Кызыл-Суу, formerly known as ''Pokrovka'') is a village in the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. About 10km inland from Lake Issyk Kul on the A363 highway between Jeti-Ögüz resort and Barskoon, it is the capital of Jeti- ...
. Kizilsu is transliterated into
Chinese characters
Chinese characters () are logograms developed for the writing of Chinese. In addition, they have been adapted to write other East Asian languages, and remain a key component of the Japanese writing system where they are known as ''kanji ...
as '', which is read in
Mandarin Chinese as Kezilesu (
pinyin-derived) and K'o-tzu-le-su / K'o-tzu-lo-su (
Wade-Giles derived).
The name Kizilsu is similar to that of the nearby
Zhetysu region which means "seven rivers". The name of
Aksu Prefecture
Aksu PrefectureThe official spelling according to is located in mid-Western Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and 2.37 million inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 535,657 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of ...
and of Aksu Prefecture's
Onsu County (Wensu), which means "ten water" in Uyghur and other Turkic languages, all these names consist of a descriptor followed by 'su' (river; water).
Other nearby places with the word 'kizil' (red) in their names include
Kiziloy
Kiziloy Township (قىزىلئۆي يېزىسى / Heiziwei, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ) is the former county seat before 1989 and a township of Wuqia County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the m ...
,
Kizil Caves
The Kizil Caves ( zh, t=克孜爾千佛洞, s=克孜尔千佛洞, l=Kizil Caves of the Thousand Buddhas; ug, قىزىل مىڭ ئۆي, translation=The Thousand Red Houses; also romanized Qizil Caves, spelling variant Qyzyl; Kizil means 'red') ar ...
and
Kizilto.
History
On July 14, 1954, Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Region was established. In February 1955, the region was changed to a prefecture as Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture.
In 1955,
Barin,
Jamaterek and
Ujme were transferred from
Yengisar County
Yengisar County, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (also known as Yangi Hissar); via Mandarin Chinese known as Yingjisha, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Ying-chi-sha), is a county in the southwest of ...
to
Akto County
Akto County (also known as Aqtu, Aktu, or Aketao; ) is a county in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. The county borders Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and has two towns, 11 townships, four state-owned ...
and
Bulungkol
Bulungkol Township, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (بۇلۇڭكۆل يېزىسى;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ) is a township of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located i ...
was transferred to Akto County from
Tashkurgan County in modern Kashgar Prefecture.
In April 1990, the
Baren Township riot
The Baren Township conflict was an armed conflict that took place between ethnic Uyghur militants and Chinese government forces in April 1990. It is unclear what happened during the armed conflict because reports of the incident vary greatly.
C ...
occurred in
Barin Township
Barin Township, also spelled Baren (Sourced to the ''Xinjiang Public Security Gazette'' (), pages 790-795) (; ), is a township of Akto County (Aketao), Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture (Kezilesu), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. The t ...
,
Akto County
Akto County (also known as Aqtu, Aktu, or Aketao; ) is a county in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. The county borders Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and has two towns, 11 townships, four state-owned ...
.
Subdivisions
Kizilsu directly controls 1
county-level city and 3
counties.
Demographics
According to the 2000 census, Kizilsu has 439,688 inhabitants with a population density of 6.36 inhabitants per km
2. , 27% of the inhabitants of the prefecture were
Kyrgyz Kyrgyz, Kirghiz or Kyrgyzstani may refer to:
* Someone or something related to Kyrgyzstan
*Kyrgyz people
*Kyrgyz national games
*Kyrgyz language
*Kyrgyz culture
*Kyrgyz cuisine
*Yenisei Kirghiz
*The Fuyü Gïrgïs language in Northeastern China
...
.
;Population by ethnicity
Government
Party Secretary
*
*
* Zhang Jinbiao
*
* An Zhengyu ()
Governor
*
Perhat Turdi (2007–2016)
*
Dilshat Kidirhan () since 2017
* Yueerguli Jiapaer ()
See also
*
Kyrgyz in China
The Kyrgyz () are a Turkic ethnic group and form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Mainly distributed in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ...
References
External links
Official site(in
Simplified Chinese)
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Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture
Prefecture-level divisions of Xinjiang
Autonomous prefectures of the People's Republic of China
Kyrgyz in China
Turkic autonomous regions in China