Seriqbuya (

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: سېرىقبۇيا, USY: Сериқбуя, ULY: Sëriqbuya; ) or Serikbuya is a

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in Maralbexi (Bachu) County,

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, China. It is located on Provincial Road 215, on the left (northwestern) bank of the

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and about 180 kilometers to the east of the city of Kashgar.

Name

The name Seriqbuya is from the

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and means yellow '' sophora alopecuroides''.

History

In 1950, Seriqbuya District () was established. In 1958, Seriqbuya became a commune ().' In 1967 during the

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, the commune was renamed Dongfanghong Commune (literally, ' The East is Red Commune'; ). In 1984, Seriqbuya Town () was created. In 2013, Seriqbuya was the site of the April 2013 Bachu unrest between ethnic Uyghurs on one side and Chinese government officials and police on the other.D. Grammaticas, Doubts over China government claims on Xinjiang attack, BBC, 26 April 2013
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Administrative divisions

Seriqbuya includes ten residential communities and twenty

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(''

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-derived names, except where

is provided''): Residential communities: *Kulebeixi (), Yingbazha (), Keruikebeixi (), Wusitangboyi (), Ayikule (), Yingbage (), Daqiakule (), Humudanbeixi (), Dunmaili (), Xialelike () Villages: *Nuobeixi (), Kala'aikenboyi (), Yingmaili (), Akewusitang (), Kekeligantale (), Xiakele'awati (), Tuogelake (), Kunqibulong (), Kumusareyi (), Pahemileke (), Aketaikaisike (), Akedunjiemi (), Kebaishitupu (), Saikesantale (), Boz'ëriq ( / Bozi'airike ), Ying'awati (), Keyakelike (), Kuremutuogelake (), Yolwasqotan ( / Yaolewasikuotan ), Ketaikelike ()'

Demographics

, Seriqbuya's population was 98.6%

Economy

Seriqbuya is a traditional southern Xinjiang agricultural village and market town where as many as ten-thousand people meet to trade. The business skills of local traders are strong and many traders from Seriqbuya have migrated to Beijing and Shanghai. Nearby farms produce

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and medicinal products as a specialty.

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Seriqbuya: File:NJ-43-4_Yueh_Pu_Hu%2C_China.jpg, Map including Seriqbuya (labeled as Sha-la-ka-pu-ya (Se-li-pu-ya)) ( DMA, 1974) File:Operational Navigation Chart G-7, 6th edition.jpg, From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Seriqbuya (labeled as Serikbuya (Se-li-pu-ya)) ( DMA, 1980) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 g-7a.jpg, Map including Seriqbuya (labeled as Seribuya (Se-li-pu-ya)) ( DMA, 1984)

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References

{{Authority control Township-level divisions of Xinjiang Kashgar Prefecture