Wuqia Town () is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the
county seat
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of
Wuqia County in
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 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
communities, its seat is at ''Tianhe Road'' ().
History
Kiziloy Town () was formed in 1947 and renamed to ''Chengguan Town'' () in 1984. A magnitude 7.4
earthquake
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occurred in
Wuqia County on August 23, 1985, and it was destroyed. the new town was rebuilt and named Wuqia in Borux (), 6 km away to the northeast of the former town.
Overview
Basics for 2017
* Urban planned area: 39.4 square kilometers.
** Urban Built-up area: 6.68 square kilometers.
* Household: 4,856
* Household population (): 13,898. of which
**
Kyrgyz: 6,810 (49.00%)
**
Han
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Ethnic groups
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** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...
: 4,865 (35.01%)
**
Uyghur: 1946 (14.00%)
** Others: 277 (1.99%)
* Per capita
disposable income
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:
CNY26,600 (
USD
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3,940)
* Units within the jurisdiction: 125
* Individual industrial and commercial households: 964
* mosque: 1
Residential communities
The town has 5
residential communitiess under its jurisdiction.
* Borux ()
* Urdo ()
* Dosduk ()
* Bagqa ()
* Kanqgan ()
Infrastructure
The main streets of Wuqia Town include Tuanjie Road (), Guangming Road (), Bostanterak Road (), Tuoyun Road (), Kiziloy Road (), Xingfu Road (), Kangsu Road () and Ulugqat Road (). The Minzu Park () is the main leisure place for residents. The Earthquake Monument () was built at the northern end of Tuanjie Road. Wu Dengyun Exhibition Hall () is located at the eastern end of Xingfu Road.
Tuanjie Road is the main road in downtown and is north-south, it starts south from Gakang Highway () and north to Guangming Road. It is l000 meters long and 26 meters wide with green belts on both sides, named in 1989. There are county bureaus of agriculture, tax, grain, commerce, and construction, administration for industry and commerce,
PBOC,
AgBank, etc. along the road.
Guangming Road is the main road east-west in downtown, starting from Toyun Road in the east and Tuanjie Road in the west. It is 950 meters long and 10 meters wide, there are green belts on both sides, named in 1989. Along the way are the CPC County Committee, County Government, courthouse, public prosecutor's office and public security bureau.
References
{{Administrative divisions of Wuqia County
County seats in Xinjiang
Township-level divisions of Wuqia County