Artux
Artush, Atush | |
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![]() Tomb of Sultan Satuk Bughra Khan | |
Coordinates (Artux municipal government): 39°42′58″N 76°10′06″E / 39.7162°N 76.1684°E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
Autonomous prefecture | Kizilsu |
Area | |
• Total | 15,697.78 km2 (6,060.95 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 285,507 |
• Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
Ethnic groups | |
• Major ethnic groups | Uyghur[3] |
Website | www |
Artux | |||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 阿图什 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 阿圖什 | ||||||||||
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Uyghur name | |||||||||||
Uyghur | ئاتۇش | ||||||||||
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Kyrgyz name | |||||||||||
Kyrgyz | ارتىش Артыш Artysh |
Artux[4] or Artush[5][6] is a county-level city and the capital of Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China. The government seat is in Guangming Road Subdistrict.[7] As of 2018, it has a population of 285,507 people, 81.4 per cent of whom are Uyghurs.[2]
In January 1943, Artux County was established.[1][8]
In June 1986, Artux County became Artux City.[1][8]
In 2018, the dome of Eshtachi Mosque (39°41′33.46″N 76°7′25.88″E / 39.6926278°N 76.1238556°E) was removed.[5][6] In recent times other mosques have been taken down too.
The Artux City Vocational Skills Education Training Service Center in Artux is one of the Xinjiang re-education camps.[9]
At 10:23 pm on January 19, 2020, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck in Artux.[4]
It is situated in the northwest part of the Tarim Basin, south of the Tien Shan mountains. Like most of Xinjiang, Artux has a cool arid climate (Köppen BWk) with hot summers, freezing winters and little precipitation and low humidity year-round. The annual mean temperature is 13.1 °C (55.6 °F) and the annual mean precipitation around 95 millimetres or 3.74 inches. Most of this limited precipitation falls from erratic thunderstorms in the summer months, although at this time relative humidity averages less than 35 percent.
Climate data for Artux (1981–2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
34.9 (94.8) |
36.0 (96.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
41.0 (105.8) |
41.8 (107.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
41.8 (107.2) |
Average high °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
6.0 (42.8) |
14.4 (57.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
27.6 (81.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.5 (90.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
10.8 (51.4) |
2.0 (35.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
13.1 (55.6) |
Average low °C (°F) | −8.8 (16.2) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
3.8 (38.8) |
10.9 (51.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.1 (59.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
7.8 (46.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | −20.5 (−4.9) |
−20.7 (−5.3) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.4 (52.5) |
11.5 (52.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−19.9 (−3.8) |
−20.7 (−5.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.7 (0.11) |
4.9 (0.19) |
8.6 (0.34) |
6.4 (0.25) |
13.0 (0.51) |
12.3 (0.48) |
13.6 (0.54) |
13.5 (0.53) |
10.2 (0.40) |
6.7 (0.26) |
2.5 (0.10) |
2.4 (0.09) |
96.8 (3.8) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 62 | 50 | 38 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 42 | 52 | 64 | 42 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[10] |
Artux includes three subdistricts, one town, six townships and one other area:[11][1][12]
Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Kyrgyz (Arabic script) | Kyrgyz (Cyrillic script) | Administrative division code | |
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Subdistricts | ||||||||
Xingfu Road Subdistrict (Bext Road Subdistrict) |
幸福路街道 | Xìngfúlù Jiēdào | بەخت يولى كوچا باشقارمىسى | bext yoli kocha bashqarmisi | 653001001 | |||
Guangming Road Subdistrict (Nurluq Road Subdistrict) |
光明路街道 | Guāngmínglù Jiēdào | نۇرلۇق يولى كوچا باشقارمىسى | nurluq yoli kocha bashqarmisi | 653001002 | |||
Xincheng Subdistrict | 新城街道 | Xīnchéng Jiēdào | يېڭى شەھەر كوچا باشقارمىسى | yëngi sheher kocha bashqarmisi | 653001003 | |||
Towns | ||||||||
Ustun Atush Town (Shang'atushi[13]) |
上阿图什镇 | Shàng'ātúshí Zhèn | ئۈستۈن ئاتۇش بازىرى | Üstün Atush baziri | 653001100 | |||
Süntag Town[13] | 松他克镇 | Sōngtākè Zhèn | سۇنتاغ بازىرى | suntagh baziri | سۇنتاق بازارى | 653001101 | ||
Azak Town | 阿扎克镇 | Āzhākè Zhèn | ئازاق بازىرى | Azaq baziri | 653001102 | |||
Townships | ||||||||
Agu Township[13] | 阿湖乡 | Āhú Xiāng | ئاغۇ يېزىسى | Aghu yëzisi | 653001102 | |||
Katyaylak Township[13] | 格达良乡 | Gédáliáng Xiāng | كاتتايلاق يېزىسى | kattaylaq yëzisi | 653001104 | |||
Karajül Township[14] (Karajol Township[13]) |
哈拉峻乡[15] | Hālājùn Xiāng | قاراجول يېزىسى | qarajol yëzisi | قاراجۉل ايىلى | 653001105 | ||
Tugurmiti Township | 吐古买提乡 | Tǔgǔmǎití Xiāng | تۈگۈرمىتى يېزىسى | tügürmiti yëzisi | تەگىرمەتى ايىلى | 653001106 |
Other:
Artux's economy is primarily agriculture, the agricultural products are mainly cotton, grapes, and sheep.
Industries in Artux include salt-making, cotton-ginning, food processing and cooking oil processing. Agricultural products include wheat, corn, sorghum, sesame, rice and others, and the local specialty is the common fig. Sheep are the main livestock in Artux.[8]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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2000 | 200,345 | — |
2010 | 240,368 | +1.84% |
2015 | 269,317 | +2.30% |
2018 | 285,507 | +1.96% |
Sources:[1][16][2] |
As of 1997[update], 81.5% of the population of Artux was Uyghur.[3]
As of 1999[update], 79.68 per cent of the population of Artux were Uyghur and 7.21 per cent of the population were Han Chinese.[17]
As of 2015[update], 216,651 (80.44%) of the 269,317 residents of Artux were Uyghurs, 30,174 (11.20%) were Kyrgyz, 21,754 (8.08%) were Han Chinese and 738 were from other ethnic groups.[16]
As of 2018[update], the population of Artux was 285,507.
Artux is served by the Southern Xinjiang Railway.[8]
Historical English-language maps including Artux:
Map including Artux A-t'u-shih (DMA, 1983)