Mongolküre County ( mn, ; ug, موڭغۇلكۈرە ناھىيىسى, translit=Mongghulküre; zh, s=蒙古库热县, links=no), also Zhaosu County ( zh, s=昭苏县) as the Chinese romanized name, is a county situated within the

Xinjiang Uyghur 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 ...

and is under the administration of the

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture ( kk, Іле Қазақ автономиялық облысы) (also as Yili) is an autonomous prefecture for Kazakh people in Northern Xinjiang, China, one of five autonomous prefectures in Xinjiang. Yining City ...

, bordering Kazakhstan's

Almaty Region Almaty Region ( kk, Алматы облысы, Almaty oblysy; russian: Алматинская область, Almatinskaya oblast) is a region in Kazakhstan, located in the southeastern part of the country. Its capital, from 1997 to 2022 was the ...

to the west. It contains an area of . According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 150,000.

Administrative divisions

Town (镇) * Mongolküre Town (昭苏镇) Township (乡) * Xonuqay Township (洪纳海乡) , Uzunbulaq Township (乌尊布拉克乡) ,

Aqdala Township Aqdala is a village in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north ...

(阿克达拉乡) , Sarqobu Township (萨尔阔布乡) , Qashajar Township (喀夏加尔乡) ,

Qarasu Township Karasu, Kara-su, Kara su, Qarasu or Gharasu (lit. 'black water/river' in Turkic languages) may refer to: Rivers The Balkans * A former name of the Struma River (Struma Karasu) in Bulgaria and Thrace, northern Greece * A former name of the Mesta ...

(喀拉苏乡) Ethnic Township (民族乡) * Chaganuysun Mongol Ethnic Township (察汗乌苏蒙古族乡) ,

Shota Kirghiz Ethnic Township Shota may refer to: * Shota (dance), a traditional dance from Kosovo * Shota (Georgian given name), a Georgian given name * Shōta, a Japanese given name * Shota (wrestler), Japanese professional wrestler * Shotacon , abbreviated from , is, in ...

(夏特柯尔克孜族乡) , Husongtukaerxun Mongol Ethnic Township (胡松图喀尔逊蒙古族乡) Other (其他) *Zhongyang Ranch (种羊场) , 阿合牙孜牧场 , 种马场 , 天山西部林业局昭苏林场 , 军马场 , 煤矿 , 农四师（74团 , 75团 , 76团 , 77团

Climate

Education

The town has Shuguang Middle (Secondary) School, formerly Number 1 Middle School.

Agriculture

The primary crops cultivated are potatoes and wheat.

Economy

By 2020, the town had restaurants catering to Han Chinese tastes. The county is served by

Zhaosu Tianma Airport Zhaosu Tianma Airport is an airport in Zhaosu County, Ili Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. The construction budget is . Construction for the airport road began in 2017. The airport will have a runway (class 4C), a terminal building, and five airc ...

Demographics

Additional Han people moved to the county circa 2008.

References

County-level divisions of Xinjiang Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture {{Xinjiang-geo-stub