Ulugqat Township (ئۇلۇغچات يېزىسى ) is a

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Ulugqat 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 an ...

(Wuqia) in

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. Located in the middle north of the county, the township covers an area of 3,430 square kilometers with a population of 4,430 (as of 2017). It has 4

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under its jurisdiction. Its seat is at ''Korgan Village'' (). Ulugqat Township is located 92 kilometers west 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 ...

. It is adjacent to Kiziloy Township in the east, Oksalur Township in the south and Jigin Township in the west, and borders with the

Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east ...

in the north with a boundary line of 118 kilometers. There are 9 mountain passes connecting Kyrgyzstan.

Name

The name of Ulugqat is from the Kyrgyz language, meaning ''branch valleys'' (). It is named after that the Kizilsu Valley divides into two separate branch valleys in the area and the place presents the shape of the three mountain valleys.

History

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Ulugqat Township is commonly known as old Wuqia. Ulugqat Township was once the seat of Ulugqat branch county () established from

Shufu County Shufu County, also transliterated from Uyghur as Konaxahar County or Konasheher County/Kona Sheher County, is a county in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It contains an area of . According to the 2002 census, it has ...

in 1913. Ulugqat branch county was changed to ''Ulugqat Division'' () in 1929 and the county of Wuqia was established from Ulugqat Division in 1938 and the county seat was transferred to

. Ulugqat was part of the 2nd district of Wuqia County in 1950. Ulugqat Commune () was formed in 1958. The commune was renamed to Dongfeng Commune () in 1968 and restored the former name in 1980. The commune was reorganized as a township in 1984. On May 6, 2020 at 6:51 PM ( Beijing Time), a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck west of Ulugqat. ()

Subdivisions

The township has 4

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s and 8 unincorporated villages under its jurisdiction. * Korgan Village (Ku'ergan, Ku'ergancun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ) * Kizilkuru Village (Kezilekulu; ) * Qongterak Village (Qiongtiereke, Qiongtie Rekecun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ) * Sarakbay Village (Sarekebayi, Sare Kebayicun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency )

Demographics

, the population of Ulugqat was Kyrgyz.

Economy

Ulugqat's economy is primarily based on animal husbandry. Protected animals in Ulugqat include

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, goitered gazelle, and

snowcock The snowcocks or snowfowl are a group of bird species in the genus ''Tetraogallus'' of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are ground-nesting birds that breed in the mountain ranges of southern Eurasia from the Caucasus to the Himalayas and we ...

References

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