Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County is an
autonomous county under the
prefecture-level city of
Jiuquan in
Gansu Province
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibeta ...
,
China
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The county borders
Qinghai Province to the south and
Xinjiang to the west.
The westernmost
county-level division of Gansu, the county has an area of ,
and a population of 10,545 as of 2010.
The postal code is 736400.
History
The Aksai Kazakh Autonomous Region Preparatory Committee was set up in 1953, south of
Dunhuang
Dunhuang () is a county-level city in Northwestern Gansu Province, Western China. According to the 2010 Chinese census, the city has a population of 186,027, though 2019 estimates put the city's population at about 191,800. Dunhuang was a major ...
.
On April 26, 1954, the Aksai Kazak Autonomous Region was established.
In 1955, it was renamed Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County.
Geography
The county lies on the northern edge of the
Tibetan Plateau and has an average elevation of about 3,200 meters.
The county is bordered by the city of Dunhuang to the north,
Qinghai to the south,
Subei Mongol Autonomous County
The Subei Mongol Autonomous County (; Mongolian: ) is an autonomous county within the prefecture-level city of Jiuquan in the northwest of Gansu Province, China, bordering Xinjiang to the west, Qinghai Province to the southeast and Mongolia's Go ...
to the east, and
Xinjiang to the west.
The Big Harteng River () and the Little Harteng River () both flow through the southern portion of the county.
The , which actually comprises the Big Sugan Lake () and the Little Sugan Lake () is located in the county.
Climate
The county experiences an average annual rainfall of , an average annual temperature of and an annual frost-free period of 90 days.
Administrative divisions
The county governs one
town and three
townships.
is the county's sole town and administrative center.
The county's three townships are , and .
Demographics
As of 2010, the county had a permanent population of 10,545, of which, 10,079 lived in .
The county is the only
Kazakh
Kazakh, Qazaq or Kazakhstani may refer to:
* Someone or something related to Kazakhstan
*Kazakhs, an ethnic group
*Kazakh language
*The Kazakh Khanate
* Kazakh cuisine
* Qazakh Rayon, Azerbaijan
*Qazax, Azerbaijan
*Kazakh Uyezd, administrative dis ...
autonomous county in the province of
Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
.
As of 2005, 41.3% of the county's population were ethnic Kazakhs, up slightly from the 40.7% recorded in 1996.
Other ethnic groups in the county include the
Han
Han may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group.
** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...
, the
Hui, the
Uighur, the
Tibetans and 6 other
ethnic minorities.
Transport
China National Highway 215 passes through the county, as does Gansu Provincial Highway 314.
also passes through the county.
References
External links
XinhuaNet -- Aksay Kazak Autonomous County(in Chinese)
Kazak autonomous counties
County-level divisions of Gansu
Jiuquan
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