Luntai County Explained

Luntai County
Native Name:

Other Name:Bugur County
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:China Xinjiang Bayingolin#Xinjiang#China
Pushpin Label:Luntai
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Xinjiang
Subdivision Type2:Autonomous prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Bayingolin
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Luntai Town (Bügür)
Area Total Km2:14,181.7
Population Total:137,327
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Coordinates:41.7667°N 94°W
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
S:轮台县
T:輪台縣
P:Lúntái Xiàn
S2:布古尔县
T2:布古爾縣
P2:Bùgǔ'ěr Xiàn
Uig:بۈگۈر ناھىيىسى
Uly:Bügür Nahiyisi
Uyy:Bügür Nah̡iyisi
Sgs:Bügür Nahiyisi
Usy:Бүгүр наһийиси
Order:st

Luntai County,[2] also known as Bugur County[3] [4] [5] or Bügür County[6] (transliterated from Mongolian), is a county in central Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 14189km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 90,000.

Luntai has a long history associated with China. When the city refused aid to Li Guangli's Fergana campaign (c. 101 BC), the inhabitants were slaughtered. Around 80 BC, a military colony of the Han dynasty was established on the site.[7] In 60 BC, the Han dynasty established the Protectorate of the Western Regions, with the Protector General stationed in Wulei[8] in present Luntai County.[9]

, there was about 25,100 acres (165,700 mu) of cultivated land in Bugur.[10]

Administrative divisions

Luntai County includes 4 towns and 7 townships.

NameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinUyghur (UEY)Uyghur Latin (ULY)Mongolian (traditional)Mongolian (Cyrillic)Administrative division code
Towns
Luntai TownChinese: 轮台镇Uighur; Uyghur: بۈگۈر بازىرى652822100
Lunnan TownChinese: 轮南镇Uighur; Uyghur: جەنۇبىي بۈگۈر بازىرى652822101
Qumpak TownChinese: 群巴克镇Uighur; Uyghur: چۇمپاق بازىرى652822102
Yengisar TownChinese: 阳霞镇Uighur; Uyghur: يېڭىسار بازىرى652822103
Townships
Karabag TownshipChinese: 哈尔巴克乡Uighur; Uyghur: قارىباغ يېزىسى652822201
Yeyungou Township
(Eshme Township)
Chinese: 野云沟乡Uighur; Uyghur: ئەشمە يېزىسى652822202
Aksaray TownshipChinese: 阿克萨来乡Uighur; Uyghur: ئاقساراي يېزىسى652822203
Tarlak TownshipChinese: 塔尔拉克乡Uighur; Uyghur: تارلاق يېزىسى652822204
Caohu TownshipChinese: 草湖乡Uighur; Uyghur: سوخۇ يېزىسى652822205
Terakbazar TownshipChinese: 铁热克巴扎乡Uighur; Uyghur: تېرەكبازار يېزىسى652822206
Qedir TownshipChinese: 策达雅乡Uighur; Uyghur: چېدىر يېزىسى652822207

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. http://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/xinjiang/admin/ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  2. Book: zh:地名中的新疆. zh-hans. 2003. 7-228-08004-1. Xie Yuzhong 解玉忠. Ürümqi. 新疆人民出版社. 138–141. 轮台 Luntai(Bügür).
  3. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJsrDwAAQBAJ. zh:建筑抗震设计规范. GB50011-2010: Code for Seismic Design of Buildings . en,zh-hans. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. 2010. China Architecture & Building Press. Beijing. Google Books. 203. Bugur County.
  4. Web site: Sandstorm strands 4,000 train passengers in Xinjiang. 中华网. https://web.archive.org/web/20201203090002/http://english.china.com/zh_cn/news/china/11020307/20080805/15010313.html. 3 December 2020. live. Bugur County ... Xinhua Photo. 2008-08-05. 3 December 2020. Internet Archive.
  5. Web site: Rights Groups Condemn China's Detention of RFA Reporters' Relatives. 2018-03-01. 17 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201117071454/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/reporters-relatives-03012018164751.html. 17 November 2020. live. Radio Free Asia. RFA Uyghur broadcaster Kurban Niyaz’s youngest brother, Hasanjan Niyaz, was arrested in May 2017 in Bugur county, and in July sentenced to six years in jail on charges of “holding ethnic hatred.”.
  6. Book: zh:西域地名考录. zh-hans. July 2008. 978-7-5013-3628-9. Zhong Xingqi Chinese: 钟兴麒. Beijing. 国家图书馆出版社. 轮台 lún tái Bügür 轮台县 (Bugur). 604–605.
  7. Book: Loewe, Michael . Introduction . Michael Loewe . 1–70 . China in Central Asia: The Early Stage: 125 BC – AD 23 . Anthony François Paulus . Hulsewé . Brill . 1979 . 978-90-04-05884-2 . Pages 43, 46.
  8. Book: Thought and Law in Qin and Han China: Studies Dedicated to Anthony Hulsewâe on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday . 978-90-04-09269-3 . 1990 . Brill Archive .
  9. Book: The General Theory of Dunhuang Studies . 978-981-16-9073-0 . 25 March 2022 . Springer .
  10. Cultivation Development and Expansion in China's Colonial Realm in Central Asia. Herold J. Wiens. The Journal of Asian Studies. 26. 1. November 1966. 75. 10.2307/2051832 . 2051832. 162339064 . free.