Turtay Farm
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Turtay Farm
托尔塔依农场 Tuo'ertayi Farm | |
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State-owned farm | |
  Turtay Farm Location of the farm | |
| Coordinates: 39°12′52″N 76°00′33″E / 39.2145688812°N 76.0092483497°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Kizilsu |
| County | Akto |
| Area | |
| • Total | 43 km2 (17 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 4,768 |
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| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| postal code | 845553 |
| Area code | 653022 400 |
| Website | www.xjakt.gov.cn |
Turtay (Chinese: 托尔塔依农场; pinyin: Tuō'ěrtǎyī Nóngchǎng) is a local state-owned farm of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. The farm is located in the northeast of Akto County and 8 kilometers away northeast of Akto Town. It covers an area of 43 square kilometers with 1,238 households and a population of 4,768 (as of 2015[1]). The farm is divided into 8 production teams[2] and quartered in Turtay Village of Jamaterek Township.
The name of Turtay is from Uighur language, meaning "date red foal" (枣红色的马驹). The farm was formed in 1958 as the 2nd branch of Hongqi Farm of Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture (克州红旗农场二分场) and transferred to Akto County under its administration in 1973, it was renamed to the present name in 1981.[3]
References
- ^ a b c 托尔塔依农场（概况）. xjakt.gov.cn. 2018-06-04. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ^ 2018年阿克陶县托尔塔依农场行政区划代码. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ^ 阿克陶县行政区划和居民地名称. xjkz.gov.cn. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2019-11-11.