Barin Township is located between the Gez River (Gez Darya; 盖孜河) to the west and the Kushan River (K'u-shan Ho; 库山河) to the east. The word "Baihal" (拜哈勒), from the Arabic language, refers generally to the area between two rivers. The pronunciation of this word gradually evolved into the Uyghur word "barin", which became the name of Barin Township.[3][11] Barin is transliterated into Chinese characters as '巴仁', which is read in Mandarin Chinese as Baren (pinyin-derived) and Pa-jen (Wade-Giles derived). Barin was also called Balong (八龍) during the Qing Dynasty.[3]
History
In 1955, Barin, formerly part of Yengisar, became part of Akto County.[3]
The township of Barin is located on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert and the Pamir Plateau, and is located between the Gez River and the Kushan River on the eastern slope of the Kunlun Range and the western edge of the Tarim Basin. It is located in the east longitude 75°27′- 75°52′, the north latitude 38°08′- 39°36′, southwest of the county seat Akto Town. It is bordered by Pilal Township, Yumai Township, Oytak Township, Kezilto Township, Bulungkol Township, and Shufu County and Yingjisha County. Its maximum length is 24 km from west to east, 66 km north to south, with a total area of 1,087 square kilometers and an arable land area of 2,940 hectares. Its seat is 17 kilometers away from the county seat.
Administrative divisions
Map of the Kashgar area, including Barin (labeled as Pa-jen), between the Gez Darya and K'u-shan Ho (DMA, 1983)
Agricultural products of Barin include wheat, corn, and cotton, among others. Barin is known for its apricots and also grows sea buckthorn.[3]
Baren apricot
Akto County was named as "Hometown of Baren Apricot of China" (中国巴仁杏之乡) by the Ministry of Agriculture in 2002[26] and by the National Forestry Administration in 2014.[27]Baren apricot (巴仁杏) is one of the main fruits of local farmers planted, because of its highest yield and best quality in Barin, and is named after the place. Baren apricots are large, have much flesh, and are high in sugar. They are sweet and delicious and of high yield. It is a well-known local product of high-quality in Xinjiang. Barin Township is the core production area of Baren apricot. The local planting area of 933 hectares (14,000 mu), with 350,000 plants, had an output of 5,000 tons in 2018. The products are sold all over China through e-commerce platforms. [28][3]
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^ abcd巴仁乡（概况）. xjakt.gov.cn. 2018-06-04. Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
^ abcdef1997年阿克陶县行政区划 [1997 Akto County Administrative Divisions] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2020. 巴仁乡 1962年成立巴仁公社，1967年更名先锋公社，1984年改设巴仁乡。位于县城西南15千米。面积1087平方千米，人口2.3万，其中维吾尔族占96.9％。辖库尔干、巴仁、库木、阔滚其、且克、克孜勒吾斯塘、阿热买、萨依巴格、墩巴格、也勒干、古勒巴格、汗铁热克、吐热买里、加依14个行政村。
^ abEset Sulaiman, Roseanne Gerin (12 April 2017). "Authorities Urge Kyrgyz Herdsmen to Spy on Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang". Radio Free Asia. Translated by Mamatjan Juma. Retrieved 4 September 2020. A police officer in Barin township, who declined to give his name, said officers have recently been watching the station around the clock lately because the situation in the area, which is the most sensitive part of the Kizilsu Kirghiz prefecture, remains tense. The township is where an uprising and armed revolt occurred between Uyghur militants and Chinese government forces in April 1990. Reports of the incident vary, but Uyghurs maintain that security forces killed and arrested hundreds of Uyghur fighters. Authorities also arrested more than 7,900 Uyghurs following an ensuing crackdown on "criminal activities of ethnic splittists [separatists] and other criminal offenders," according to reports at the time.
^"Timeline: Terror in Xinjiang". China Internet Information Center. 9 July 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 6 September 2020. On April 5, a group of terrorists, aided and abetted by the "East Turkistan Islamic Party," created a grave terrorist incident in Barin Township, Akto County, Xinjiang.
^阿克陶县历史沿革. XZQH.org (in Simplified Chinese). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2020. 2000年第五次人口普查，阿克陶县常住总人口163024人，其中：{...}巴仁乡25103人、{...}2010年第六次人口普查，阿克陶县常住总人口199065人，其中：{...}巴仁乡32909人，{...}
