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Artush
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Also known as Atushi, Artux

Artush ( ; also transliterated as Artux or Atush) is a county-level city and the capital of Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China. The government seat is in Guangming Road Subdistrict. As of 2018, it has a population of 285,507 people, 81.4 per cent of whom are Uyghurs.

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Location in Xinjiang
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County-level city
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Tomb of Sultan Satuk Bughra Khan
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China
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Autonomous prefecture

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Official website

阿图什市人民政府

xjats.gov.cn

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Wikidata facts

Official name
ارتىش شاارى
Country
China
Population
290936
Area
15697.78
Elevation
1303
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Official website
www.xjats.gov.cn
Image
Sutuq Bughraxan Qebrisi.JPG
Dialing code
908
Licence plate code
新P
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postal code
845350
inception
1943-01-01
Commons category
Artux
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography and climate
  • Administrative divisions
  • Economy
  • Demographics
  • Transportation
  • Historical maps
  • Notes
  • References

Artush ( ; also transliterated as Artux or Atush) is a county-level city and the capital of Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China. The government seat is in Guangming Road Subdistrict. As of 2018, it has a population of 285,507 people, 81.4 per cent of whom are Uyghurs.

Artush is the political, economic and cultural center of Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Artush” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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