Xinhe County ( zh, s=新和县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Toksu County ( ug, توقسۇ ناھىيىسى;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency zh, c=托克苏县), is a county in

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Name

The county's original name Toksu was changed into Xinhe in 1941. "Xinhe" is the abbreviation of "

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Heping" (), literally "Xinjiang Peace."

History

On October 27, 1930, Toksu County was created from part of

Kuqa Kucha, or Kuche (also: ''Kuçar'', ''Kuchar''; ug, كۇچار, Кучар; zh, t=wikt:龜茲, 龜茲, p=Qiūcí, zh, t=wikt:庫車, 庫車, p=Kùchē; sa, कूचीन, translit=Kūcīna), was an ancient Buddhist kingdom located on the ...

. In 1941 or 1944, Toksu County's

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name was changed from 'Tuokesu' County () to 'Xinhe' County ().

Administrative divisions

Towns ( / ): *

Toksu Town Xinhe County ( zh, s=新和县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Toksu County ( ug, توقسۇ ناھىيىسى;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency zh, c=托克苏县), is a county in Aks ...

(Xinhe, Toqsu; / ), Icheriq (Yiqi'airike; / , formerly ), Yultuzbaġ (Youludusibage, Yultuzbagh; / , formerly ), Tasheriq (Tashi'airike; , formerly / ), Townships ( / ): * Payxambabazar, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Paixianbaibazha, Peyshenbebazar; / ),

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(Weigan; / ), Üchqat (Yuqikate; / ), Tamtoghraq (Tamutuogelake; / ) Other areas: * 央塔库都片区管委会乡, 新和县轻工业园区生活区, 新和县物流园区生活区, 新和县新材料园区生活区

Climate

Economy

The economy is based on agriculture and also animal husbandry. The county produces wheat, corn, rice, cotton and melons as well as Parthian

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and thin-shelled walnuts. Industries include wool-spinning, knitting, and carpet making.

Demographics

As of 2015, 184,399 of the 195,920 residents of the county were Uyghur, 10,901 were

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and 620 were from other ethnic groups. As of 1999, 95.01% of the population of the county were Uyghur and 4.81% of the population was Han Chinese.

Transportation

Xinhe is served by the Southern Xinjiang Railway.

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Toksu/Xinhe: File:A-k`o-su NK-44 (1950) - panoramio.jpg, Map including Hsin-ho (Torpak Bazar) and surrounding region from the

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, 1950) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 f-6c.jpg, Map including Xinhe ( DMA, 1981) File:Operational Navigation Chart F-6, 6th edition.jpg, From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Hsin-ho (Toksu) ( DMA, 1985)

Notes

References

County-level divisions of Xinjiang Aksu Prefecture {{Xinjiang-geo-stub