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Aykol

Coordinates: 38°10′28″N 77°12′41″E / 38.17444°N 77.21139°E / 38.17444; 77.21139
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Aykol
ئايكۆل يىزىسى
阿依库勒乡
Ayikule
Township
Aykol is located in Southern Xinjiang
Aykol

Aykol

Location in Xinjiang

Coordinates: 38°10′28″N 77°12′41″E / 38.17444°N 77.21139°E / 38.17444; 77.21139
CountryChina
ProvinceXinjiang
PrefectureKashgar / Kashi
CountyPoskam / Zepu
Villages14
Area
 • Total59.2 km2 (22.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total11,728
 • Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
 • Major ethnic groupsUyghur[1]
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Aykol[3] Township (Uyghur: ئايكۆل يىزىسى,[4] Айкол; also Ayikule;[5] Chinese: 阿依库勒) is a township in Poskam County (Zepu County) in the Kashgar Prefecture of Xinjiang, in northwestern China. Located 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) west of the main office of Poskam County Office, it lies on the southern bank of the Yarkand River.[1]

History

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In 1961, Aykol Commune (阿依库勒公社) was established.[1]

In 1984, Aykol Commune became Aykol Township.[1]

In August 2013, at the end of Ramadan, violence erupted in Aykol.[3]

On April 15, 2019, a farming cooperative was established in Bashösteng (Bashiwusitang).[6]

Administrative Divisions

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Aykol includes fourteen villages[4][7][8] and 69 village committees:[citation needed]

As of 2009, the villages of Aykol were: (Mandarin Chinese pinyin-derived names)[9]

  • Xiawuqituoma (下乌其托玛村), Piqiangqi (皮羌其村), Kutayi (库塔依村), Paheteqi (帕合特其村), Wulukeming (乌鲁克明村), Xiayidan (夏依旦村), Xiawengrete (下翁热特村), Talekeqi (塔勒克其村), Shangwengrete (上翁热特村), Ahetaqi (阿合塔其村), Kuiyibage (奎依巴格村), Shangkulegan (上库勒干村), Ayikule (阿依库勒村), Wuqituoma (乌其托玛村)

Economy

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A typical farming township, Aykol has an area of 3.65 million mu of cultivated land and is a major producer of grain, such as rice, wheat and corn, cotton, fruits and medicinal herbs.[citation needed]

In 2018, the township cultivated 12,000 mu of jujubes with an average of above 450 jin produced per mu.[10]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
200012,761—    
201011,728−0.84%
[2]

As of 1997, the population of Aykol was 75.8% Uyghur.[1]

See also

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References

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(一)^ abcdef1997 [1997 Poskam County Administrative Divisions]. XZQH.org (in Simplified Chinese). 19 November 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2020.  19611984西5.5沿西59.2175.814

(二)^ ab沿. XZQH.org. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2020. 2000181721{...}12761{...}2003999.66{...}2010206936{...}11728{...}

(三)^ abMichael Dillon (2019). Xinjiang in the Twenty-First Century: Islam, Ethnicity and Resistance. Routledge. p. [1]. ISBN 978-1-315-74934-1  via Google Books. August 2013 was a particularly violent month.{...}there was further violence that month at Aykol, a township in Poskam (Zepu) County to the south of Yarkand, also at the end of Ramadan.

(四)^ ab.  (in Uyghur and Simplified Chinese). 22 December 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2020. پوسكام ناھىيسىدىكى يېزا، بازار ، مەيدانلار، ئىجتىمائىي رايۇن ، مەمۇرى كەنىتلەرنىڭ ئۆلچەملىك يەر نامى  خەنزۇچە ئۇيغۇرچە   {...} ئايكۆل يىزىسى  ئىتتىپاق كەنتى  پىچانچى كەنتى  قۇتاي كەنتى  پاختىچى كەنتى  زەرەپشان كەنتى  باش ئۆستەڭ كەنتى  تۆۋەن غوڭرات كەنتى  تالقىچى كەنتى  يۇقىرى غوڭرات كەنتى  نۇرباغ كەنتى  كۈيباغ كەنتى  چىنارلىق كەنتى  ئايكۆل كەنتى  ئايدىڭكۆل كەنتى{...}

(五)^ Ayikule (Approved - N)atGEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

(六)^  .  (in Simplified Chinese). 29 March 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020. ·{...}·"2019415

(七)^ 2019 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2020.    653124208200 220  653124208201 220  653124208202 220  653124208203 220  653124208204 220  653124208205 220  653124208206 220  653124208207 220  653124208208 220  653124208209 220  653124208210 210  653124208211 220  653124208212 220  653124208213 210 

(八)^ 2009 [2009 Poskam County Administrative Divisions]. XZQH.org (in Simplified Chinese). 19 November 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2020. 653124208  653124208200 220  653124208201 220  653124208202 220  653124208203 220  653124208204 220  653124208205 220  653124208206 220  653124208207 220  653124208208 220  653124208209 220  653124208210 210  653124208211 220  653124208212 220  653124208213 210 

(九)^ 2009 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2020.    653124208200 220  653124208201 220  653124208202 220  653124208203 220  653124208204 220  653124208205 220  653124208206 220  653124208207 220  653124208208 220  653124208209 220  653124208210 210  653124208211 220  653124208212 220  653124208213 210 

(十)^ 20.  (in Simplified Chinese). 5 December 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020. ·"{...}1.2450