Koxtag, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Kuoshitage, Qoshtagh, Kuoshi Tage, K'o-shih-t'a-ko; / , formerly / ) is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in Pishan/Guma County,

Hotan Prefecture Hotan PrefectureThe official spelling is "Hotan" according to (see also #Etymology, § Etymology) is located in the Tarim Basin region of southwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang, China, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region to t ...

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

, China.

History

In 1958, Yuejin Commune (' Leap Forward commune' ) was created. In 1978, Yuejin Commune was renamed Koxtag Commune (Keshitage; ). In 1984, Koxtag Commune became Koxtag Township (). The

2011 Pishan hostage crisis The Pishan hostage crisis occurred on the night of December 28, 2011, in Koxtag (Kuoshi Tage), Pishan/Guma County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. A group of 15 ethnic Uyghur youths kidnapped two goat shepherds for d ...

occurred in Koxtag. On July 24, 2015, Koxtag was changed from a

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to a town.

Administrative divisions

Koxtag includes one

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and fifteen

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Residential community A residential community is a community, usually a small town or city, that is composed mostly of residents, as opposed to commercial businesses and/or industrial facilities, all three of which are considered to be the three main types o ...

(''

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Hanyu Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means ' Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin'' literally ...

-derived names except where

Uyghur Uyghur may refer to: * Uyghurs, a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia (West China) ** Uyghur language, a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Uyghurs *** Old Uyghur language, a different Turkic language spoken in the Uyghur K ...

is provided''): * Kuoshitage ()

Villages A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...

: * Sugaitelike (Sugaite Likecun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ), Kuoshitage (), Bositan (), Azigan'aledi (), Jiayinagute (), Bomuga (), Tugemanboyi (), Tiereke'aledi (), Keshilake (), Wulebage (), Keyikeqi (), Karesu (), Daiyaboyi (), Bashi'azigan (), Sulighaz (Sulegazi; / )

References

Hotan Prefecture Township-level divisions of Xinjiang {{Xinjiang-geo-stub

History

Administrative divisions

See also

References