Baykurut, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Township also Baykurt, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (بايقۇرۇت يېزىسى, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / Байқурут, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / Bayinkuluti ) is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

Wuqia County Ulugqat County (also known as Ulughchat County and Wuqia County; ) is a county in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. It is under the administration of the Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture of Kizilsu. The county has two towns, nine townships a ...

Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture Kizilsu (also as Kezilesu; ; ug, قىزىلسۇ قىرغىز ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى; Kyrgyz: , , , ) is an autonomous prefecture of Kyrgyz people in the west of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, bordering with Kyrgyzstan and ...

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

, China. Baykurut is located in the central to eastern part of the county. It has 2 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. Its seat is at ''Baykurut Village'' (). Baykurut is located away northeast of the county seat

Wuqia Town Wuqia Town () is a town and the county seat of Wuqia County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the middle east of the county, the town covers an area of 288 square kilometers with a population of 13,898 (as of 2017). It has 5 ...

and south of Turugart Port (). It is adjacent to Terak Township in the east, Artux City and

in the south, Toyun Township in the north. It is bordered by the Kyrghyz Republic with a boundary line of 40 kilometers in the west.

Name

The name Baykurut is derived from the Kyrgyz language. Baykurut was named after Kurut (قۇرۇت / ''Kuluti'', 库鲁提), a rich person who lived in the Baykurut area.

History

Baykurut was the 3rd township of the 4th district in Wuqia County in 1950 and part of ''Toyun Commune'' () in 1958, Baykurut Commune was formed from Toyun in 1962. In 1968 during the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

, the commune was renamed ''Hongqi Commune'' (literally ' Red flag commune', ). The original name was restored in 1980. In 1984, organized as a township in 1984.

Geography

The township's seat is at 2,310 meters above sea level. The highest altitude is 4,200 meters at Karadob (), the lowest altitude is 1,900 meters at Topa ().

Settlements

The township has 2 administration villages and 5 unincorporated villages under its jurisdiction. 2 administration villages: * Baykurut Village (Bayinkuluti; ) * Kizilagin Village (literally 'red valley' / قىزىل ئېغىن كەنتى / Kezile'agen )

Demographics

, the population of Baykurut was 99.2% Kyrgyz.

Economy

, economically poor persons made up 20.74% of the population of Baykurut and the net mean income in the township was 1,365

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Transportation

* China-Kyrgyzstan S212 Provincial Highway (中吉公路S212省道) to

Torugart Pass Torugart Pass (; ; ) is a mountain pass in the Tian Shan mountain range near the border between the Naryn Region of Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China. It is one of two border crossings between Kyrgyzstan and China, the other ...

References

{{Administrative divisions of Wuqia County Township-level divisions of Wuqia County