Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture

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Location of Kizilsu Prefecture within Xinjiang

Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese:克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州, Pinyin: Kèzīlèsū Kē'ěrkèzī Zìzhìzhōu, Kyrgyz:كىزىلسۋ كىزگىز اۆتونومييالى وبلاستى, Кызылсу Кыргыз aвтономиялы oбласты, Uyghur: قىزىلسۇ قىرغىز ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى, Qizilsu Qirghiz aptonom oblasti) is an autonomous prefecture of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the western part of Xinjiang. The prefecture has an area of 69.112 km² and its capital is Artux. Kizilsu in the Kyrgyz language (as well as in modern Turkish) means "red water".

[edit] Subdivisions

Kizilsu directly controls 1 county-level city and 3 counties.

County-level City: Artux (Ātúshí 阿图什)
Counties: Akto (Ākètáo 阿克陶), Akqi (Āhéqí 阿合奇), Ulugqat (Wūqiàqí 乌恰奇)

[edit] Demographics

According to the 2000 census, Kizilsu has 439,688 inhabitants with a population density of 6.36 inhabitants per km².

[edit] Ethnic groups in Kizilsu, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Uyghur	281,306	63.98%
Kyrgyz	124,533	28.32%
Han	28,197	6.41%
Tajik	4,662	1.06%
Hui	432	0.1%
Others	558	0.13%

v • d • e Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

History • Politics • Economy

Prefecture-level cities	Karamay • Ürümqi

Prefectures	Aksu • Hami • Hotan • Kashgar • Turpan • Altay¹ • Qoqek¹

Autonomous prefectures	Bayin'gholin • Börtala • Changji • Ili • Kizilsu

Sub-prefecture-level cities	Aral • Shihezi • Tumushuke • Wujiaqu

¹ Part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture See also: List of Xinjiang County-level divisions

Administrative Divisions of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Provincial Capital：Ürümqi City)

Prefecture-level Cities, Regional District, Autonomous Prefectures	Urban Area Districts, County-level Cities, Counties, Autonomous Counties
Ürümqi City：	Tianshan District \| Saybagh District \| Xinshi District \| Shuimogou District \| Toutunhe District \| Dabancheng District \| Dongshan District \| Ürümqi County
Karamay City：	Karamay District \| Dushanzi District \| Baijiantan District \| Urho District
Turfan Prefecture：	Turfan City \| Toksun County \| Piqan County
Hami Prefecture：	Kumul City \| Yiwu County \| Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County
Hotan Prefecture：	Hotan City \| Hotan County \| Lop County \| Minfeng County \| Pishan County \| Qira County \| Keriya County \| Karakax County
Aksu Prefecture：	Aksu City \| Wensu County \| Xayar County \| Baicheng County \| Awat County \| Kuqa County \| Kalpin County \| Toksu County \| Uqturpan County
Kashgar Prefecture：	Kashgar City \| Maralbishi County \| Poskam County \| Peyziwat County \| Kargilik County \| Yopurga County \| Shule County \| Mekit County \| Yengisar County \| Yarkent County \| Shufu County \| Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County
Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture：	Artux City \| Akqi County \| Ulugqat County \| Akto County
Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture：	Korla City \| Hejing County \| Yuli County \| Hoxud County \| Qiemo County \| Bohu County \| Luntai County \| Ruoqiang County \| Yanqi Hui Autonomous County
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture：	Changji City \| Fukang City \| Miquan City \| Qitai County \| Manas County \| Jimsar County \| Hutubi County \| Mori Kazakh Autonomous County
Börtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture：	Börtala City \| Jinghe County \| Wenquan County
Autonomous Regional Districts directly under the jurisdiction of the County-level Cities：	Shihezi City \| Aral City \| Tumushuke City \| Wujiaqu City
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture：	(The Tacheng Prefecture and Altay Prefectures are under the provincial jurisdiction of the Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture.)
Autonomous Territories：	Yining City \| Kuitun City \| Yining County \| Tekes County \| Nilka County \| Zhaosu County \| Xinyuan County \| Huocheng County \| Gongliu County \| Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County
Tacheng Prefecture：	Tacheng City \| Wusu City \| Emin County \| Yumin County \| Shawan County \| Toli County \| Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County
Altay Prefecture：	Altay City \| Qinggil County \| Jeminay County \| Fuyun County \| Burqin County \| Fuhai County \| Habahe County