Zhaosu County
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Mongolküre County
昭苏县 · موڭغۇلكۈرە ناھىيىسى | |
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.png) Mongolküre County (red) within Ili Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates: 43°09′26″N 81°07′52″E / 43.1573°N 81.1310°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Autonomous prefecture | Ili |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Zhaosu County | |||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 昭苏县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 昭蘇縣 | ||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāosū Xiàn | ||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蒙古库热县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蒙古庫熱縣 | ||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Ménggǔkùrè Xiàn | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | موڭغۇلكۈرە ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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| Todo Mongolian name | |||||||||||
| Todo Mongolian |  Moŋgolküree Mongolküre | ||||||||||
Mongolküre County (Mongolian: ᠮᡆᡊᡎᡆᠯᡘᡉᠷᡄᡃ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ; Uyghur: موڭغۇلكۈرە ناھىيىسى, romanized: Mongghulküre; Chinese: 蒙古库热县), also Zhaosu County (Chinese: 昭苏县) as the Chinese romanized name, is a county situated within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, bordering Kazakhstan's Almaty Region to the west. It contains an area of 10,455 km2 (4,037 sq mi). 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 (阿克达拉乡) | Sarqobu Township (萨尔阔布乡) | Qashajar Township (喀夏加尔乡) | Qarasu Township (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 (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
| Climate data for Zhaosu (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
2.4 (36.3) |
12.8 (55.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.6 (3.9) |
−13.8 (7.2) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
0.6 (33.1) |
5.1 (41.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
9.7 (49.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.3 (0.25) |
7.9 (0.31) |
15.5 (0.61) |
44.2 (1.74) |
84.3 (3.32) |
90.6 (3.57) |
92.4 (3.64) |
68.3 (2.69) |
44.3 (1.74) |
30.1 (1.19) |
15.3 (0.60) |
7.9 (0.31) |
507.1 (19.97) |
| Source: National Meteorological Center of CMA[1] | |||||||||||||
Education
The town has Shuguang Middle (Secondary) School, formerly Number 1 Middle School.[2]
Agriculture
The primary crops cultivated are potatoes and wheat.[2]
Economy
By 2020, the town had restaurants catering to Han Chinese tastes.[2] The county is served by Zhaosu Tianma Airport.
Demographics
Additional Han people moved to the county circa 2008.[2]
References
- ^ 1981年-2010年（昭苏）月平均气温和降水 (in Simplified Chinese). National Meteorological Center of CMA. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d Rajagopalan, Megha; Killing, Alison (2020-12-03). "Inside A Xinjiang Detention Camp". Buzzfeed News. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
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