Kosrap Township () is a historic

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of Akto County in

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. It ceased to exist as a township and its territory was amalgamated to Qarlung Township on August 27, 2018.2018年8月27日，自治区人民政府同意阿克陶县撤销库斯拉甫乡建制，原库斯拉甫乡整体搬迁至喀什地区泽普县大亚斯墩区域，原库斯拉甫乡行政区域划归阿克陶县恰尔隆乡管辖。 All the residents of the former Kosrap Township migrated to Dayasdun () in

Zepu County Poskam County, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Posgam, ), also Zepu County () is a county in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. The county is located on the southern bank of the Yarkand River, als ...

. Meanwhile, the Tong'an Township () was established in Dayasdun of Zepu County on August 27, 2018, its seat ia at Yengavati Village ().2018年8月27日，自治区人民政府同意泽普县设立桐安乡，乡人民政府驻英阿瓦提村，隶属泽普县管辖。

History

Since 1912, Kosrap had been the township of Puli County (present Taxkorgan). In 1950, Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County was established, and Kosrap was a township in the 2nd district of Taxkorgan. In September 1954, the

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was established and Kosrap was transferred to Qarlung Township of Akto County from Taxkorgan. In 1961, the commune of Kosrap was re-established from Qarlung, and in 1965 it was merged into Qarlung. In 1981, Kosrap Commune was re-established. In October 1984, it was reorganized into a township.库斯拉甫乡历史，根据（2015年硕士学位论文）《塔合（山区）麦西莱甫文化研究——以阿克陶县库斯拉甫乡为个案》（作者：米扬；指导老师：陈怡副教授；学号：107622012210331，单位代码：10762；新疆师范大学 2015年5月28日出版） ; also see Because the residential area of the township is located in the

Altash Water Conservancy Project The Altash Water Conservancy Project (), also called as Altash Hydro-junction dam, is the largest water conservancy project in Xinjiang. The project is located in the upper reaches of the Yarkant River and deep in the Kunlun Mountains. It is call ...

() reservoir area, its residents needed to be moved to the adjacent Dayasdun () in

. On August 27, 2018, Kosrap was merged into Qarlung, while Tong'an Township () was formed in Dayasdun.

Administrative divisions

Before its ceasing to exist as a separate division of township in 2018, Kosirap had 4 villages (as of 2017) with 19

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s库斯拉甫乡位于阿克陶县境东南部。阿克陶镇南135千米。面积1039平方千米。有维吾尔、柯尔克孜等民族。辖4村委会、19自然村。乡政府驻地英阿瓦提。农牧业兼营，主产小麦、蚕豆、土豆。有水晶矿。有杜洪亮墓等革命纪念地。乡级公路通莎车。1/ 英阿瓦提 Yengiawat村名。维吾尔语，意为繁荣兴旺。库斯拉甫乡政府驻地。人口1010，维吾尔族。产大麦、小麦、玉米、蚕豆。2/ 宗塔什zongtax 村名。维吾尔语，意为立石。村中曾有块直立的石头，故名。位于乡政府西北l千米。人口924，维吾尔族。产大麦、小麦、玉米、蚕豆，兼牧业。3/ 克孜勒艾格勒 kizilegil 自然村。维吾尔语，意为红土羊圈。位于乡政府东南16千米。人口76，维吾尔族。以牧为主。 under its jurisdiction. ;4 administration villages: * Akqig Village () * Kekluk Village () * Yengiawat Village () * Zongtax Village () ;

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s * Kizilegil ()

Resettlement

The township of Kosrap is located in the Altash Reservoir area. As one of the () construction projects, its resettlement was started in 2017 and completed in 2018. The small town relocation and resettlement area of Kosrap Township for Altash Water Conservancy Project () is located in Dayasdun () of

, 32 kilometers away from the county seat of Zepu County, and 8 kilometers away from Jinhuyang National Forest Park () at 5A level. It was planned to use 200 hectares of land for residential areas, 1,200 hectares of forage land, 1,067 hectares of reserved land, and 300 hectares of food grain land. 1,276 households with 4,543 people need to be resettled.

References

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