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Xinhe County, Xinjiang

Coordinates: 41°33′01″N 82°37′00″E / 41.55028°N 82.61667°E / 41.55028; 82.61667
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Xinhe County
新和县 • توقسۇ ناھىيىسى
County
Location of the county
Location of the county
CountryChina
ProvinceXinjiang
Prefecture-level divisionsAksu Prefecture
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Xinhe County, formerly Toqsu County (Uyghur: توقسۇ ناھىيىسى, Тоқсу Наһийиси, romanized: Toqsu Nahiyisi, lit. 'Tok̡su Nah̡iyisi'; Chinese: 新和县; pinyin: Xīnhé Xiàn) is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, and is under the administration of the Aksu Prefecture. It contains an area of 5,821 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 140,000.

Name

The county's original name Toksu was changed into Xinhe in 1941. "Xinhe" is the abbreviation of "Xinjiang Heping" ("新疆和平"), literally "Xinjiang Peace."[1]

Transportation

Xinhe is served by the Southern Xinjiang Railway.

41°33′01″N 82°37′00″E / 41.55028°N 82.61667°E / 41.55028; 82.61667

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.xjxinhe.gov.cn/info/1016/6291.htm


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