Tumxuk
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'' 1997); is a
county-level city
A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...
in the western part of
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. The eastern part of Tumxuk is surrounded by
Maralbexi County
Maralbexi County (Maralbeshi, Maralbishi, transliterated from ; zh, c=玛热勒巴什县), Bachu County ( zh, c=巴楚县), and zh, c=巴尔楚克县) the former long Chinese name as well, is located in the southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Au ...
,
Kashgar Prefecture
Kashgar, also known as Kashi, is a prefecture located in southwestern Xinjiang, China, located in the Tarim Basin region (roughly the southern half of Xinjiang). It has an area of and 4,496,377 inhabitants at the 2020 census with a population d ...
. The smaller western part is near
Kashgar
Kashgar () or Kashi ( zh, c=喀什) is a city in the Tarim Basin region of southern Xinjiang, China. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, located near the country's border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. For over 2,000 years, Kashgar ...
.
Tumxuk is the headquarter of the
3rd Division of
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团; abbreviated as 新疆兵团, or XPCC in English), also known as ''Bingtuan'', trading with the external name China Xinjian Group, is a state-owned enterprise and parami ...
and currently administered by the 3rd Division. The city implemented the "division and city integration" (
师市合一, ''shī shì héyī'') management system, it shares the same leader group with the 3rd Division.
History
In 1997, Tumxuk City was established.
Geography
It covers an area of and is located southwest of
Ürümqi
Ürümqi, , is the capital of the Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China. With a census population of 4 million in 2020, Ürümqi is the second-largest city in China's northwestern interior after Xi'an, also the ...
.
Demographics
As of 2015, 101,042 (62.0%) of the 163,101 residents of the city were
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 ...
, 60,914 (37.3%) were
Han Chinese
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and 1,145 were from other ethnic groups.
Transportation
The city is served by
Tumushuke Tangwangcheng Airport and a branch from the
Southern Xinjiang railway.
Administrative divisions
Tumxuk contains 3
subdistricts and 14
towns
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
:
Works of art
Tumxuk (usually spelled Tumshuq) is a well known archaeological site for
Serindian art.
File:Tumshuk. Scenes of the Buddha preaching. 7th century CE.jpg, Tumshuk. Scenes of the Buddha preaching. 7th century CE
File:BuddhaTumshuqXinjiang5thcentury.jpg, A Serindian art Buddha statue from Tumshuq, 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' ...
. 5th century.
See also
*
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团; abbreviated as 新疆兵团, or XPCC in English), also known as ''Bingtuan'', trading with the external name China Xinjian Group, is a state-owned enterprise and parami ...
Footnotes
External links
Tumxuk Government website
{{Central Asian history
Populated places in Xinjiang
Enclaves in China
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
County-level divisions of Xinjiang
Socialist planned cities