UsuThe official spelling according to , (Beijing, ''

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'' 1997); as the official romanized name and transliterated from Mongolian, also known as Wusu, is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

with more than 100,000 residents in

Xinjiang 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 northwes ...

, China. It is a part of

Tacheng Prefecture Tacheng Prefecture is located in Northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and a population of 935,600 (2017). It is a part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The prefecture level city of Karamay forms a separate enclav ...

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture ( kk, Іле Қазақ автономиялық облысы) (also as Yili) is an autonomous prefecture for Kazakh people in Northern Xinjiang, China, one of five autonomous prefectures in Xinjiang. Yining Cit ...

. Oil-production is a major part of the economy while the county is an

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in the

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. Wusu lies between the major cities of Bole and

Shihezi Shihezi is a sub-prefecture-level city in Northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has a population of 380,130 according to the 2010 census. The city is also home to Shihezi University, the second-largest comprehensive university under ...

in Northern Xinjiang and west of

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and Kuitun, south of

Karamay Karamay is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The name of the city comes from the Uyghur language and means "black oil", referring to the oil fields near the city. Karamay ...

Transport

Wusu is served by

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, the Northern Xinjiang and the Second Ürümqi-Jinghe Railways.

Administrative divisions

Subdistrict (街道) * Xinshiqu Subdistrict (新市区街道, يېڭىشەھەر كوچا باشقارمىسى), Nanyuan Subdistrict (南苑街道, جەنۇبى باغچا كوچا باشقارمىسى), Xichengqu Subdistrict (西城区街道, غەربىي شەھەر كوچا باشقارمىسى), Hongqiao Subdistrict (虹桥街道, قىزىل كۆۋرۈك كوچا باشقارمىسى), Kuihe Subdistrict (奎河街道, كۈيتۇن دەرياسى كوچا باشقارمىسى) Town (镇) * Baiyanggou (白杨沟镇, بەيياڭگۇ بازىرى), Hatubuhu (哈图布呼镇, خاتۇبۇخ بازىرى), Huanggong (皇宫镇), Chepaizi (车排子镇, چېپەيزە), Ganhezi (甘河子镇, گەنخوزا),

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(Baychuan) (百泉镇, بەيچۇەن), Sikeshu (Chigshor) (四棵树镇, چىگشور), Guertu (Gürt) (古尔图镇, گۈرت), Xihu (西湖镇), Xidagou (Shidagu, شىخۇ) (西大沟镇, شىداگۇ) Townships 乡 * Bashisihu Township (八十四户乡, باشىسىخۇ يېزىسى), Jiahezi Township (夹河子乡, جياخېزى), Jiujianlou Township (九间楼乡, جۇجەنلۇ), Shiqiao Township (石桥乡, شىچياۋ), Toutai Township (头台乡, توتەي) Ethnic townships (民族乡) * Jirgilti Golin Mongol Township (吉尔格勒特郭愣蒙古族乡, چىرگىلتى گولىن موڭغۇل يېزىسى), Tablihat Mongol Township (塔布勒合特蒙古族乡. تابىلخات موڭغۇل يېزىسى) Others * Ganjia Lake Ranch (甘家湖牧场), Bayingou Ranch (巴音沟牧场), Saileketi Ranch (赛力克提牧场), Wusu Prison (乌苏监狱, شىخۇ تۈرمىسى), Ganjia Lake Forest Area 甘家湖林场, 兵团123团 (123-تۇەن مەيدانى), 兵团124团 (124-تۇەن مەيدانى), 兵团125团 (125-تۇەن مەيدانى), 兵团126团 (126-تۇەن مەيدانى), 兵团127团 (127-تۇەن مەيدانى), 兵团128团 (128-تۇەن مەيدانى), 兵团130团 (130-تۇەن مەيدانى)

Climate

References

County-level divisions of Xinjiang Populated places in Xinjiang Oases of China Tacheng Prefecture {{Xinjiang-geo-stub