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.png) Location of Kuytun City (red) within Ili Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
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| Coordinates (Kuytun municipal government):44°25′35″N84°54′12″E / 44.4264°N 84.9032°E /44.4264; 84.9032 | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Autonomous prefecture | Ili |
| Municipal seat | Tuanjie Road Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 784.8 km2 (303.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 229,122 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (760/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
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| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time[a]) |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 奎屯市 | ||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||
| Uyghur | كۈيتۇن شەھىرى | ||||||
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| Kazakh | كۇيتىڭ قالاسى Қойтүн қаласы | ||||||
Kuytun (Uyghur:كۈيتۇن) orKuitun (Chinese:奎屯) is acounty-level city with about 285,000 residents (2000 census) inIli Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture,Xinjiang, China. Kuitun is located betweenWusu andShihezi on therailway from Ürümqi to Kazakhstan, close to adesert.
Kuytun has historically been associated with the7th Xinjiang Agriculture Construction Division (兵团第七师), which ran the city until 1975 but still administers itsTianbei New Area.
Local industries include food processing and textile industries, as well as Kuitun Power Plant.
The nameKuytun is from theMongolian word "хүйтэн" (xüjten), which literally means "cold". The Chinese nameKuiteng (奎騰) first appeared in the official historical bookHistory of Yuan, and referred to the Kuytun River. According to legend, duringGenghis Khan's campaign ofwestard expansion, some of his troops were stationed in the area in wintertime and commented on the cold weather by repeatedly shouting "kuytun!" The area has since been namedKuytun.[2]
At the latest in the 3rd century BC (Qin dynasty), theSaka people appeared in the place of present Kuytun area. This was followed by theGreat Yuezhi people and then theUsans.
Kuytun was part ofProtectorate of the Western Regions (59 BC) in theHan period. During the period of theJin,Sixteen Kingdoms andNorthern and Southern dynasties, it was part ofYueban, then that was followed by theNorthern Wei,Rouran and then theFirst Turkic Khaganate. It was the territory ofTiele tribes inWestern Turk in theSui period and ofKunling Protectorate (崑陵都護府) in theTang period. It was part ofToquz Oghuz and it was followed byLiao State in theFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The place was within the territory of MongolQurzh (曲儿只) in the period of Genghis Khan (1206 - 1227), and as part of theChagatai Khanate between 1306 - 1330. As the pastureland ofOirats, it was under the administration ofKur Qara Usu (庫爾喀喇烏蘇) ofDzungars in theQing period. WhenXinjiang Province was found in 1884, thearmy camps (军台) andfortress (营塘) in the province were changed intomilitary posts (驿站),Kuytun Post (奎屯驿) was one of that in those days.
The territory wasKuytun Divion (Kuitunzhuang,奎屯庄), one of nine divisions inWusu County (乌苏县) in 1913. In 1945, Wusu County was divided into fourminggans (administrative Division below the county,千户长), Kuytun was one of that. The minggan of Kuytun had fivecentenarii (百户长) of Kuytun (奎屯), Bayingou (巴音沟), Jiujianlou (九间楼), Huanggong (皇宫) and Bashisihu (八十四户) under its administration. Thesecurity police station (保安派出所) was found in Kuytun in 1948.
In August 1950, the administrative division of minggan in Wusu County was transformed into a district, and a centenarii into a township. Kuytun was the 1st township of the 2nd district in Wusu County, and it had five unincorporated villages of Huanggou (黄沟), Tashikuitun (塔什奎屯), Kalasu (喀拉苏), Diankuitun (店奎屯) and Kaiganqi (开干其) under its administration.
In the further adjustment of administrative divisions in March 1954, Kuytun became the 1st township of the 1st district of Wusu County. In early 1957, The three townships of Kuytun (奎屯乡), Bashisihu (八十四户乡) and Jiujianlou (九间楼乡) were amalgamated into Xinfu Township (幸福乡). In March 1957, the7th Division ofXPCC (兵团农七师) moved its headquarters to Kuytun from Paotai (炮台).
In July 1958, Kuytun was incorporated toKaramay from Wushi County. On March 25, 1975, the XPCC was withdrawn, the 7th Division with agriculture and animal husbandry farms, and its owned industrial enterprises were devolved to the local administration. On August 29, 1975, thecounty-level city of Kuytun was approved to establish fromKaramay by theState Council, and it was under administration of Ili Autonomous Prefecture. On September 10 of the same year, Kuitun City was officially established and the seat of Ili Autonomous Prefecture was moved to Kuytun from Yining. Based on agriculture and animal husbandry farms, and industrial enterprises owned by the7th Division of XPCC,Kuytun Bureau of Farms and Land Reclamation (伊犁州奎屯农垦局) was incorporated in July 1978. Kuytun City and theKuytun Bureau of Farms and Land Reclamation were implemented a team with two brands. The seat of Ili Autonomous Prefecture was moved back to Yining from Kuytun in October 1979.
TheXPCC was approved to restore in December 1981. Based on theKuytun Bureau of Farms and Land Reclamation which was revoked, the7th Division of XPCC (兵团农七师) was restored in April 1982. The 7th Division of XPCC and local government of Kuytun City are independent of each other, the 7th Division of XPCC is under unified command of XPCC meanwhile Kuytun City is under the administration of Ili Autonomous Prefecture.[2]
The city of Kuytun is located in the middle northwest ofXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with a north latitude of 44 degrees 19 degrees - 44 degrees 49 degrees and an east longitude of 84 degrees 47 degrees - 85 degrees 18 degrees. It is bordered byShawan County to the east, byDushanzi District to the south, byWusu City to the west and byKaramay District to the north. The maximum length north–south is about 46 kilometers, the maximum is about 33 kilometers between east and west and the total area is 1,171.42 square kilometers.
Kuytun City lies in the northern side ofTianshan, the southwest edge of theJunggar Basin and the Kuytun River valley. Its terrain of the city is tilted from southwest to northeast at an altitude of 450–530 meters. It is the Tianshan fold belt with multi-Gobi gravel in the south, the edge of the platform ofJunggar Basin in the north. and there are more water furrows in the west of downtown. The water sources are the Kuytun River andQuangou Reservoir (泉沟水库). The region is in a moderate temperate continental arid climate, hot in summer and cold in winter, rainless. The four seasons are more distinct, the average annual temperature is 7.4°C and the average annual rainfall of 182 mm.[3]
As of 2015, There was a population of 289,397 in Kuytun City, accounting for 6.16% ofIli Autonomous Prefecture's population. Of that, minority population of 15,768, accounting for 5.45% of Kuytun andHan population of 273,629, accounting for 94.55%. The main minorities areHui,Kazak,Mongols andUyghur in the city. The Hui population was 6,364, accounting for 2.2%, Kazakhs of 5,222, accounting for 1.8%, Mongols of 1,059, Uyghurs of 1,018 and others of 2,105.[4]
Kuytun is divided into fivesubdistircts and atownship.[5]
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Administrative division code | |
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| Tuanjie Road Subdistrict | 团结路街道 | Tuánjiélù Jiēdào | ئىتتىپاق يولى كوچا باشقارمىسى | Ittipaq yoli kocha bashqarmisi | 654003001 | |
| Ürümqi East Road Subdistrict | 乌东路街道 | Wūdōnglù Jiēdào | 654003002 | |||
| Beijing Road Subdistrict | 北京路街道 | Běijīnglù Jiēdào | 654003003 | |||
| Ürümqi West Road Subdistrict | 乌鲁木齐西路街道 | Wūlǔmùqíxīlù Jiēdào | 654003004 | |||
| Railway Station Subdistrict | 火车站街道 | Huǒchēzhàn Jiēdào | پويىز ئىستانسىسى كوچا باشقارمىسى | poyiz Istansisi kocha bashqarmisi | 654003005 | |
| Beijing West Road Subdistrict | 北京西路街道 | Běijīngxīlù Jiēdào | 654003006 | |||
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| Keygenchi Township | 开干齐乡 | Kāigànqí Xiāng | كەيگەنچى يېزىسى | keygenchi yëzisi | 654003201 | |
Kuytun is the largest material transit, distribution and transportation hub in the Northern Xinjiang area, theG30 andG3014 National Expressways,G312 andG217 National Highways meet here. It is a railway junction for theNorthern Xinjiang,Second Ürümqi-Jinghe andKuytun-Beitun Railways.
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