Toksun County

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Name

The term 'Toksun' means 'ninety'.[5][6]

History

The Battle of Toksun took place in this county in July 1933 when Khoja Niyas Hajji, a Uighur leader, defected with his forces to Governor Sheng Shicai. He advanced to Toksun via Dawan Ch'eng, where the Chinese Muslim forces of General Ma Shih-ming achieved victory over Niyas Hajji's forces.[7]

In December 2010, Zeng Lingquan (Script error: No such module "Lang".), who ran an adoption agency for the physically and mentally disabled with no operation license in Sichuan, was arrested. Zeng reportedly sent the mentally ill to work in a factory run by Li Xinglin (Script error: No such module "Lang".) where they were enslaved and worked year round (instead of seasonally as with other local factories) in unsafe conditions at the Jia'ersi Green Construction Material Chemical Factory (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in Kümüx.[8][9]

In 2017, Radio Free Asia reported that a police officer in Toksun County had said that all Uyghurs who wished to travel abroad were required to attend political indoctrination education organized by the county government.[10]

Geography and Climate

Toksun County's location in the bottom of the Turpan Depression and an average rainfall of just Script error: No such module "convert". annually, the least precipitation of any area in China,[1] make it a very hot place during summertime. Template:Citation needed span The county is bordered to the south by Yuli County.

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Administrative divisions

Toksun County is divided into 7 towns (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".)[11][5]Template:Rp[12][13] and 1 township (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".):

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Uyghur (UEY) Uyghur Latin (ULY) Administrative division code Notes
Towns
Toksun Town Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Template:Script/Arabic Script error: No such module "lang". 650422100
Kümüx Town Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Template:Script/Arabic Script error: No such module "lang". 650422101
Kokjay Town[14] Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Template:Script/Arabic Script error: No such module "lang". 650422102 Also Ke'erjian, Köjey; formerly Kujiayi (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
Alghuy Town Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Template:Script/Arabic Script error: No such module "lang". 650422103
Yilanlik Town[6] Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Template:Script/Arabic Script error: No such module "lang". 650422104 Also Yilahu, Yilanliq, I-la-hu; formerly Yilanlik Township (Script error: No such module "Lang".[15] / Script error: No such module "Lang".)
Shah Town Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Template:Script/Arabic Script error: No such module "lang". 650422105 formerly Shah Township (Script error: No such module "Lang".[16] / Script error: No such module "Lang".)
Bostan Town Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Template:Script/Arabic Script error: No such module "lang". 650422106 formerly Bostan Township (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".)
Townships
Gholbuyi Township Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Template:Script/Arabic Script error: No such module "lang". 650422201

Economy

Irrigation in the county is well-developed. Agricultural products of the county include sorghum, wheat, muskmelon, peanuts and cotton. Specialty products include Hami melon and raisins. Industries include electronics, coal, machinery, construction, etc.[17]

Demographics

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The proportion of nationalities in Toksun County
Nationality Percentage
Uyghurs
 
 79.6%
Han People
 
 13.9%
Hui People
 
 6.2%
Kazakhs
 
 0.2%
Others
 
 0.1%
Source of the population statistics :[18]

As of 2015, 96,439 of the 124,040 residents of Toksun County were Uyghur, 18,600 were Han Chinese, 8,539 were Hui and 462 were from other ethnic groups.[19]

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As of the 2000 Census, the county counted 52,346 males and 49,804 females and 83.65% of the population of the county were from ethnic minority groups.[20]

As of 1999, 77.03% of the population of Toksun County were Uyghur and 15.51% of the population was Han Chinese.[21]

Transportation

Notable persons

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Toksun:

Notes

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References

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