Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County

Not to be confused with Aksai Chin.

Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County
County
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese	阿おもね克かつ塞ふさが哈萨克かつ族ぞく自治じち县
• Kazakh	اقساي قازاق اۆتونوميالىق اۋدانى
Location of Aksay Kazak Autonomous County (pink) within Jiuquan City (yellow), Gansu Province (light grey) and the People's Republic of China (dark grey)
Aksai Location of the seat in Gansu Aksai Aksai (China)
Coordinates: 39°39′48″N 94°20′12″E
Country	China
Province	Gansu
Prefecture-level city	Jiuquan
County seat	Jengghelde (Hongliuwan)
Area
• Total	31,374 km2 (12,114 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	10,970
• Density	0.35/km2 (0.91/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	736400
Website	www.akesai.gov.cn

Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	阿おもね克かつ塞ふさが哈萨克かつ族ぞく自治じち县
Traditional Chinese	阿おもね克かつ塞ふさが哈薩克かつ族ぞく自治じち縣けん
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Ākèsài Hāsàkèzú Zìzhìxiàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping aa3hak1coi3 haa1saat3hak1zuk6 zi6zi6jyun2
Kazakh name
Kazakh	اقسای قازاق اۆتونوميالىق اۋدانى Ақсай Қазақ аутономиялық ауданы Aqsai Qazaq autonomialyq audany

Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County is an autonomous county under the prefecture-level city of Jiuquan in Gansu Province, China. The county borders Qinghai Province to the south and Xinjiang to the west.

The westernmost county-level division of Gansu, the county has an area of 32,374 km² (12,500 sq mi) and a population of 10,545 as of 2010. The postal code is 736400.

History

The Aksai Kazakh Autonomous Region Preparatory Committee was set up in 1953, south of Dunhuang. On April 26, 1954, the Aksai Kazak Autonomous Region was established. In 1955, it was renamed Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County.

Geography

A view of the Altyn-Tagh mountains in Aksay

The county lies on the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau and has an average elevation of about 3,200 meters.

The county is bordered by the city of Dunhuang to the north, Qinghai to the south, Subei Mongol Autonomous County to the east, and Xinjiang to the west.

The Big Harteng River (Chinese: 大だい哈尔腾河) and the Little Harteng River (Chinese: 小しょう哈尔腾河) both flow through the southern portion of the county. The Sugan Lake, which actually comprises the Big Sugan Lake (Chinese: 大だい苏干湖みずうみ) and the Little Sugan Lake (Chinese: 小しょう苏干湖みずうみ) is located in the county.

Climate

The county experiences an average annual rainfall of 100 millimetres or 4 inches, an average annual temperature of 5.4 °C or 41.7 °F and an annual frost-free period of 90 days.

Administrative divisions

The county governs one town, three townships, and one other township-level division.

Name	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Kazakh (Arabic script)	Kazakh (Cyrillic script)	Administrative division code
Town
Hongliuwan	红柳湾わん镇	Hóngliǔwān Zhèn	جىڭعىلدى قويناۋ قالاشىعى		620924100
Townships
Akqi Township	阿おもね克かつ旗はた乡	Ākèqí Xiāng	اقشي اۋىلى		620924200
Alteng Township	阿おもね勒腾乡	Ālèténg Xiāng	التىن اۋىلى		620924203
Aina Township	阿おもね伊い纳乡	Āyīnà Xiāng	اينا اۋىلى		620924204
Other Township-level division
Aksay County Industrial Park	阿おもね克かつ塞ふさが县工业园区く	Ākèsāi Xiàn Gōngyè Yuánqū			620924400

Demographics

As of 2010, the county had a permanent population of 10,545, of which, 10,079 lived in Hongliuwan.

The county is the only Kazakh autonomous county in the province of Gansu. As of 2005, 41.3% of the county's population were ethnic Kazakhs, up slightly from the 40.7% recorded in 1996. Other ethnic groups in the county include the Han, the Hui, the Uighur, the Tibetans and 6 other ethnic minorities.

Transport

China National Highway 215 passes through the county, as does Gansu Provincial Highway 314.

Golmud–Dunhuang Railway also passes through the county.

External links

• XinhuaNet -- Aksay Kazak Autonomous County(in Chinese)