Kunyu is a

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC: previously 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 of the country at the crossroads ...

, China. It is geographically located in

Hotan Prefecture Hotan PrefectureThe official spelling is "Hotan" according to (see also #Etymology, § Etymology) is located in the Tarim Basin region of southwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang, China, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region to t ...

of Southern Xinjiang, but is ''de jure'' directly administered by the Xinjiang regional government. Kunyu is the headquarter of the 14th Division of

Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团; abbreviated as 新疆兵团, or XPCC in English), also known as ''Bingtuan'', trading with the external name China Xinjian Group, is a state-owned enterprise and parami ...

and currently administered by the 14th Division. The city implemented the "division and city integration" ( 师市合一, ''shī shì héyī'') management system, it shares the same leader group with the 14th Division.

Overview

The city was formerly the settled and cultivated areas of the 224th Regiment of the 14th Division of the

(XPCC). In January 2016, the

State Council of China The State Council of the People's Republic of China, also known as the Central People's Government, is the chief administrative authority and national cabinet. It is constitutionally the highest administrative organ of the country and the e ...

approved the establishment of Kunyu City and it was officially established on 26 February 2016. It covers an area of , is located from

Hotan Hotan (also known by other names) is a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang, an autonomous region in Northwestern China. The city proper of Hotan broke off from the larger Hotan County to become an administrative area in its own right i ...

city and is known for its Hotan dates. "Regiment One Pasture" (), located within Qira County, is part of Kunyu. "Regiment 225" (), located within Yutian/Keriya County, is part of Kunyu.

Administrative divisions

Kunyu contains 1

subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district. Equivalents * Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language * Kelurahan, in Indonesia * Mukim, a township in Brunei, Ind ...

, 5

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

, and 1 township-equivalent region:

Notes

References

{{authority control County-level divisions of Xinjiang 2016 establishments in China Populated places established in 2016 Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Populated places in Xinjiang Socialist planned cities