Artux

Artux, Artush ( ug, ئاتۇش شەھىرى; ky, ارتىش, Артыш, Artysh), and officially rendered as Atuş ( zh, s=阿图什市, p=Ātúshí Shì),The official spelling according to is a county-level city and the capital of the Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture of Kizilsu in Xinjiang, China. The government seat is in Guangminglu Subdistrict ().

History

In January 1943, Artux County was established.

In June 1986, Artux County became Artux City.

In 2018, the dome of Eshtachi Mosque () was removed. In recent times other mosques have been taken down too.

The Artux City Vocational Skills Education Training Service Center in Artux is one of the Xinjiang re-education camps.

At 10:23 pm on January 19, 2020, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck in Artux.

Geography and climate

It is situated in the northwest part of the Tarim Basin, south of the Tien Shan mountains. Like most of Xinjiang, Artux has a cool arid climate ( Köppen ''BWk'') with hot summers, freezing winters and little precipitation and low humidity year-round. The annual mean temperature is and the annual mean precipitation around . Most of this limited precipitation falls from erratic thunderstorms in the summer months, although at this time relative humidity averages less than 35 percent.

Administrative divisions

Artux includes three subdistricts, one town, six townships and one other area:

Subdistricts ( / ):
*Bext Avenue Subdistrict (Xingfu Lu; / ), Nurluq Avenue Subdistrict (Guangming Lu; / ), Xincheng Subdistrict ()

Town ( / ):
*Ustun Atush (Shang'atushi; / )

Townships ( / ):
*Süntag (Songtake, Suntagh; / ), Azak (Azhake, Azaq; / ), Agu (Ahu, Aghu; / ), Katyaylak (Gedaliang, Kattaylaq; / ), Karajül, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Halajun, Karajol, Qarajol; / ), Tugurmiti (Tugumaiti; / )

Other areas:
*Bingtuan Nongsanshi Hongqi Farm ()

The city had two subdistricts, five townships and three farms under its jurisdiction in 2018.

Economy

Artux's economy is primarily agriculture, the agricultural products are mainly cotton, grapes, and sheep.

Industries in Artux include salt-making, cotton-ginning, food processing and cooking oil processing. Agricultural products include wheat, corn, sorghum, sesame, rice and others, and the local specialty is the common fig. Sheep are the main livestock in Artux.

Demographics

, 81.5% of the population of Artux was Uyghur.

, 79.68% of the population of Artux was Uyghur and 7.21% of the population was Han Chinese.

, 216,651 (80.44%) of the 269,317 residents of Artux were Uyghur, 30,174 (11.20%) were Kyrgyz, 21,754 (8.08%) were Han Chinese and 738 were from other ethnic groups.

Transportation

Artux is served by the Southern Xinjiang Railway.

Notable persons

* Saifuddin Azizi, first chairman of the Xinjiang
* Sabit Damolla, Prime Minister of East Turkestan (1933-4)
* Salih Hudayar
* Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan
* Ilham Tohti
* Anwar Yusuf Turani
* Ghulam Osman Yaghma, President of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Artux:

File:NJ-43-3 Kashi, China.jpg, Map including Artux A-t'u-shih (DMA, 1983)
File:Txu-oclc-6654394-nj-43-5th-ed.jpg, Map including Artux (labeled as A-T'U-SHIH (ARTUSH)) ( AMS, 1966)
File:Operational Navigation Chart G-7, 6th edition.jpg, From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Artux (A-t'u-shih) (DMA, 1980)
File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 g-7a.jpg, Map including Artux (A-t'u-shih) (DMA, 1984)

Notes

References

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Populated places in Xinjiang
County-level divisions of Xinjiang
Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture