Artush
Artux
阿图什市 ئاتۇش شەھىرى | |
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  Artux Location in Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates (Artux municipal government): 39°42′58″N 76°10′06″E / 39.7162°N 76.1684°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Autonomous prefecture | Kizilsu (Kirghiz) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15,698 km2 (6,061 sq mi) |
| Population (2003) | |
| • Total | 210,000 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (35/sq mi) |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 阿图什 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 阿圖什 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | ئاتۇش | ||||||||||
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| Kyrgyz name | |||||||||||
| Kyrgyz | ارتىش Артыш Artış | ||||||||||
Artux (also as Atushi; Chinese: 阿图什市; pinyin: Ātúshí Shì)[1] is a county-level city and the capital of the Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture of Kizilsu in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. The city has two subdistricts, five townships and three farms under its jurisdiction in 2018. The government seat is in Guangminglu Subdistrict (光明路街道).[2]
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 13.1 °C (55.6 °F), and the annual mean precipitation around 95 millimetres or 3.74 inches. Most of this limtied precipitation falls from erratic thunderstorms in the summer months, although at this time relative humidity averages less than 35 percent.
| Climate data for Artux (1981–2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
6.0 (42.8) |
14.4 (57.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
27.6 (81.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.5 (90.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
10.8 (51.4) |
2.0 (35.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
13.1 (55.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.8 (16.2) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
3.8 (38.8) |
10.9 (51.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.1 (59.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.7 (0.11) |
4.9 (0.19) |
8.6 (0.34) |
6.4 (0.25) |
13.0 (0.51) |
12.3 (0.48) |
13.6 (0.54) |
13.5 (0.53) |
10.2 (0.40) |
6.7 (0.26) |
2.5 (0.10) |
2.4 (0.09) |
96.8 (3.8) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 62 | 50 | 38 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 42 | 52 | 64 | 42 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3] | |||||||||||||
Economy
Artux's economy is primarily agriculture, the agricultural products are mainly cotton, grapes, and sheep.
Transportation
Artux is served by the Southern Xinjiang Railway.
Notable persons
References
- ^ The official spelling according to 中国地名录. Beijing: SinoMaps Press (中国地图出版社). 1997. ISBN 7-5031-1718-4.
- ^ 阿图什市概况. xzqh.org. 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 - WeatherBk Data (in Chinese (China)). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
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