Kizilto Explained
Kizilto |
Other Name: | Keziletao |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | China Xinjiang Southern |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous region |
Subdivision Name1: | Xinjiang |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Kizilsu |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Akto |
Unit Pref: | metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3,882 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 9700 |
Demographics Type2: | Ethnic groups |
Demographics2 Title1: | Major ethnic groups |
Demographics2 Info1: | Kyrgyz |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Coordinates: | 38.5537°N 76.0726°W |
Elevation M: | 2200 |
Postal Code Type: | postal code |
Postal Code: | 845558 |
Area Code: | 653022 207 |
Kizilto[2] [3] (قىزىلتو يېزىسى,[4] Keziletao[5]) is a town of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the southeastern part of the county, the town covers an area of 3,882 square kilometers with a population of 9,700 (as of 2015[1]). It has 12 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. Its seat is at Ordolung'ozu Village (Chinese: 乌尔都隆窝孜村, Uighur; Uyghur: ئوردولۇڭ ئوزۇ كەنتى, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: وردولۇڭ ووز قىشتاعى).[6]
Name
The name of Kizilto is from Kyrgyz language, meaning "red mountains" (Chinese: {{linktext|红山). This place is named after the red mountain stone on the south side of the Yigzya River (Chinese: 依格孜牙河).[1] [7] [8] 'Kizil' ('kezile') means 'red' and 'to' ('tao') means 'mountain'. Other nearby places with the word 'kizil' (red) in their names include Kizilsu, Kizil Caves, and Kiziloy.
History
In 1966, Kizilto Commune (Chinese: 克孜勒陶公社) was established.
In 1967 during the Cultural Revolution, Kizilto Commune was renamed Hongxing Commune ('Red star commune' Chinese: {{linktext|红星|公社).
In 1984, the commune became Kizilto Township.
In 2020, on December 30th, the status of Kizilto Township was upgraded to the status of a town.[9]
Geography and resources
Kizilto Town is located to the south of county seat Akto Town and on the eastern slope of Kunlun Mountains, and between 75°02′- 76°41′ east longitude and 38°06′- 38°56′ north latitude. The town is bordered by Kizil Township of Yengisar County (Yingjisha) to the east, by Akdala Ranch and Qarlung Township to the south, by Bulungkol Township to the west, Wuqia Township of Yengisar County to the north. Its maximum distance between east and west is 105 kilometers, and the maximum distance between north and south 75 kilometers. The seat of the town is 98 kilometers away from the county seat of Akto Town. It has a total area of 3,882 square kilometers, including 318.7 hectares of arable land, 86.8 hectares of forest land and 143,000 hectares of grassland.
The average elevation of the town is 2,200 meters. The northwest is a cold mountain climate with an annual precipitation of 150–200 mm. The southeast is a shallow mountain area, it is a temperate continental arid climate with an average annual temperature of 10.9 °C and a frost-free period of 150 days. The main water system in the territory is the Yigzya River (Chinese: 依格孜牙河). There are precious animals such as snow chicken, yellow sheep and argali, and there are rare plants such as wild snow lotus, codonopsis, angelica, gymnadenia conopsea, cynomorium, daphnia, comfrey and cistanche. Mineral resources include lead, zinc, iron, coal, marble and quartz.[1]
Administrative divisions
The town of Kizilto has 12 villages under its jurisdiction.[10] [11]
- 12 villages:
- Arpiliq Village (A'erpalekecun)[12] (Chinese: 阿尔帕勒克村, Uighur; Uyghur: ئارپىلىق كەنتى, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: ارپالىق قىشتاعى)
- Chimgen Village (Qimugancun;[13] (Chinese: 其木干村, Uighur; Uyghur: چىمگەن كەنتى, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: چئمگەن قىشتاعى)
- Ghijek Village (Aijiekecun)[14] (Chinese: 艾杰克村, Uighur; Uyghur: غىجەك كەنتى, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: قىياك قىشتاعى)
- Ordolung'ozu Village (Wu'erdulongwozicun) (Chinese: 乌尔都隆窝孜村, Uighur; Uyghur: ئوردولۇڭ ئوزۇ كەنتى, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: وردولۇڭ ووز قىشتاعى)
- Qapqa Village (Kapukacun)[15] [16] (Chinese: 喀普喀村, Uighur; Uyghur: قاپقا كەنتى, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: قاپقا قىشتاعى)
- Qaratash Village (Kalatashicun) (Chinese: 喀拉塔什村, Uighur; Uyghur: قاراتاش كەنتى, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: قاراتاش قىشتاعى)
- Qaratash Chimgen Village (Kalatashiqimugancun)[17] (Chinese: 喀拉塔什其木干村, Uighur; Uyghur: قاراتاش چىمگەن كەنتى, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: قاراتاش چئمگەن قىشتاعى)
- Qarawul Village (Ka'erwulecun)[18] (Chinese: 喀尔乌勒村, Uighur; Uyghur: قاراۋۇل كەنتى, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: قاروول قىشتاعى)
- Tam Village (Tamucun) (Chinese: 塔木村, Uighur; Uyghur: تام كەنتى, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: تام قىشتاعى)
- Tamboz Village (Chinese: 塔木柏孜村, Uighur; Uyghur: تامبوز كەنتى, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: تامبوز قىشتاعى)
- Tarkechik (Hongxin) Village (Chinese: 塔尔开其克村(红新村), Uighur; Uyghur: تاركېچىك (خۇڭشىن) كەنتى, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: تاركەچئك (حوڭشىن) قىشتاعى)
- Toyunduq Village (Tuoyundukecun)[19] (Chinese: 托云都克村, Uighur; Uyghur: تويۇندۇق كەنتى, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: تويعوندۇق قىشتاعى)
- Unincorporated villages
Demographics
, the population of Kizilto was 99.16% Kyrgyz.[11]
Economy
The economy of the town is mainly animal husbandry, and there are more high-quality summer grasses on shallow hillsides and river valleys. It mainly grows food crops such as wheat, corn and highland barley.[1]
See also
Notes and References
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- Cao . Kai . Wang . Guo-Can . van der Beek . Peter . Bernet . Matthias . Zhang . Ke-Xin . Cenozoic thermo-tectonic evolution of the northeastern Pamir revealed by zircon and apatite fission-track thermochronology . Tectonophysics . March 2013 . 589 . 17–32 . 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.12.038 . 2013Tectp.589...17C .
- Web site: http://uygur.xinjiang.gov.cn/xj_ww/zfgb/200804/709d5df079614ba6a87dcd7227df458a.shtml. ug:ئاپتونوم رايونلۇق زېمىن بايلىقى نازارىتىنىڭ شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونىنىڭ 2008 - يىللىق گېئو ئاپەتتىن مۇداپىئەلىنىش ۋە ئۇنى تىزگىنلەش لايىھىسىنى تارقىتىش توغرىسىدىكى ئۇقتۇرۇشى ش ھ ب [2008] 41 - نومۇرلۇق. https://web.archive.org/web/20200920112546/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/http://uygur.xinjiang.gov.cn/xj_ww/zfgb/200804/709d5df079614ba6a87dcd7227df458a.shtml. 20 September 2020. live. Internet Archive. ug. 22 April 2008. 20 September 2020. The Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. قىزىلتو يېزىسى.
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- Web site: https://www.qianxi123.com/post/173659.html. zh:克孜勒陶乡(概况). qianxi123.com. 2018-05-12 . 2019-11-08.
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- Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/65/30/22/653022207.html. zh:2018年克孜勒陶乡行政区划代码. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2018-10-31. 2019-11-08.
- Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22301.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20190819025230/http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22301.html. 19 August 2019. live. zh:1997年阿克陶县行政区划. 1997 Akto County Administrative Divisions . XZQH.org . 31 December 2010 . zh-hans . 20 September 2020 . 克孜勒陶乡 1966年成立克孜勒陶公社,1967年更名红星公社,1984年改设克孜勒陶乡。位于县城以南,距县城121千米。面积3882平方千米,人口0.8万,其中柯尔克孜族占99.16%,辖乌尔都隆窝孜、喀尔乌勒、塔尔开其克、托云都克、 塔木、喀普喀、其木干、阿尔帕勒克8个行政村。.
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