The Akto County (Uyghur: ئاقتو ناھىيىسى, ULY: Aqto Nahiyisi, UPNY: Ak̡to Nah̡iyisi?; Kyrgyz: ﺍﻗﺘﻮﻭ وودانى/Актоо ооданы) is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 24,107 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 170,000.
The westernmost county in China, Akto County borders on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Akto is served by the Kashgar-Hotan Railway.
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