Muji (Mu-chi; / , formerly / ) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in Pishan/Guma County,

Hotan Prefecture Hotan PrefectureThe official spelling is "Hotan" according to (also known as Gosthana, Gaustana, Godana, Godaniya, Khotan, Hetian, Hotien) is located in the Tarim Basin region of southwestern Xinjiang, China, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region ...

Xinjiang 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.

History

Before the Communist takeover, the area was organized as Muji District (). In 1958, Bayi Commune (' August 1 Army Day Commune' ) was established. In 1978, Bayi Commune was renamed Muji Commune (). In 1984, Muji Commune became Muji Township (). In 2012/3, Muji was changed from a

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into a town.

Administrative divisions

Koxtag includes three residential communities and eighteen

villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

: Residential communities (''

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-derived names except where Uyghur is provided''): * Bazha (), Wenhua (), Tuanjie ()

Villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

: *Longga (Longgacun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / ), Langan (), Yingbage (), Kuonasayibage (), Bashitiereke (), Hantuge (), Aziganbage (), Gaziqiaka (), Muji (), Kuonatugeman (), Sayi (), Asa'er (), Kuonabazha (), Sayibage (), Ayagebagela (), Bagela (), Bashibagela (), Arejianggale ()

Transportation

* China National Highway 315

References

Populated places in Xinjiang Township-level divisions of Xinjiang {{Xinjiang-geo-stub