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Aksu
Sign in to saveAlso known as Aqsu, Aksu, Xinjiang, Aksu, China, Aksu City, City of Aksu, Akesu, A-k'e-su, Akesu Shi
county-level city of Xinjiang
Key facts
- Country
- China
- Autonomous region
- Xinjiang
- Prefecture
- Aksu
- Municipal seat
- Lengger Subdistrict
- Township level divisions
- 7 subdistricts , 2 towns , 4 townships , 5 other areas
- Total
- 14,668 km (5,663 sq mi)
- Density
- 47.4/km (123/sq mi)
- Major ethnic groups
- Uyghurs , Han Chinese
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( China Standard )
- Area code
- 0997
- Gdp 2020
- CNY ¥25.125 billion , US $3.64 billion
- Gdp per capita
- CNY ¥36,151 , US $5,239
- Growth
- 5.8%
- Website
- akss .gov .cn (in Chinese)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Chinese name Simplified Chinese阿克苏市 Traditional Chinese阿克蘇市
Aksu (Uyghur: ئاقسۇ, Aqsu; Chinese: 阿克苏; pinyin: Ākèsū) is a city in and the seat of Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, lying at the northern edge of the Tarim Basin. The name Aksu literally means "white water" (in Turkic) and is used for both the oasis town and the Aksu River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aksu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.