Tumxuk
[The official spelling according to , (Beijing, '' SinoMaps Press'' 1997); ] is a
sub-prefecture-level city
A sub-prefectural municipality (), sub-prefectural city, or vice-prefectural municipality, is an unofficial designation for a type of administrative division of China. A sub-prefectural city is officially considered to be a county-level city, b ...
in the western part of
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 northwes ...
, China. The eastern part of Tumxuk is surrounded by
Maralbexi County,
Kashgar Prefecture
Kashgar Prefecture, also known as Kashi Prefecture, is located in southwestern Xinjiang, China, located in the Tarim Basin region (roughly the southern half of Xinjiang). It has an area of and 4,499,158 inhabitants at the 2015 census with a pop ...
. The smaller western part is near
Kashgar
Kashgar ( ug, قەشقەر, Qeshqer) or Kashi ( zh, c=喀什) is an oasis city in the Tarim Basin region of Southern Xinjiang. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, near the border with Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Pakistan. ...
.
History
In 1997, Tumxuk City was established.
Geography
It covers an area of and is located southwest of
Ürümqi
Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...
.
Tumxuk Airport is under construction 15 kilometers away and will, upon completion, also serve the nearby counties of
Maralbexi and
Kalpin.
Demographics
As of 2015, 101,042 (62.0%) of the 163,101 residents of the city were
Uyghur, 60,914 (37.3%) were
Han Chinese
The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 18% of the global population and consisting of various subgroups speaking distinctive v ...
and 1,145 were from other ethnic groups.
Transportation
The city is served by
Tumxuk Tangwangcheng Airport and a branch from the
Southern Xinjiang railway.
Works of art
Tumxuk (usually spelled Tumshuq) is a well known archaeological site for
Serindian art.
File:Tumshuk. Scenes of the Buddha preaching. 7th century CE.jpg, Tumshuk. Scenes of the Buddha preaching. 7th century CE
Image:BuddhaTumshuqXinjiang5thcentury.jpg, A Serindian art Buddha statue from Tumshuq, 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 northwes ...
. 5th century.
See also
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Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (), also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("The Corps"), is a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
In its history, the XPCC has built ...
Footnotes
External links
Tumxuk Government website
{{Central Asian history
Populated places in Xinjiang
Enclaves in China
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
County-level divisions of Xinjiang