township
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC: previously 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 of the country at the crossroads ...
, China. Located in the south of the county, the township covers an area of 2,902 square kilometers with a population of 9,725 (as of 2017). It has 6 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. Its seat is at ''Qorbo Village'' (). Bostanterak is located 135 kilometers away south of the county seat
Wuqia Town
Ulugqat Town ( Kyrgyz: ۇلۇۇچات شاارچاسى, Улуу-Чат шаарчасы; Uyghur: ئۇلۇغچات بازىرى) or Wuqia Town () is a town and the county seat of Ulugqat County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located i ...
Shufu County
Shufu County, also transliterated from Uyghur as Konaxahar County or Konasheher County, Kona Sheher County, is a county in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It contains an area of . According to the 2002 census, it ha ...
to the north and northwest,
Akto County
Akto County (also known as Aqtu, Aktu, or Aketao; zh, c=阿克陶县, p=Ākètáo Xiàn) is a county in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. The county borders Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and has five ...
to the south.
History
"The name "Bostanterak" is from
Kyrgyz language
Kyrgyz 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 Xinjiang, China and in the Gorno-Badak ...
oasis
In ecology, an oasis (; : oases ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment
Bostanterak was the 1st township of the 3rd district in Wuqia County in 1950 and ''Bostanterak Commune'' () was formed in 1958, it was renamed ''Yongzhong Commune'' () in 1968 and restored the original name in 1980, and organized as a township in 1984.
unincorporated village
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s under its jurisdiction.
6 administration villages:
* Chorbo Village (, , )
* Doletbulaq Village (, , )
* Iymek Village (, , )
* Juluqbash Village (, , )
* Keldong Village (, , )
* Marjanqum Village (, , )