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10-517: Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in western Xinjiang , China, bordering Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan . Its capital is Artux . The prefecture is home to 622,222 people (as of 2020) and covers an area of 70,916 km (27,381 sq mi). Most Kyrgyz in China reside in Kizilsu; they make up a little over a quarter of the prefecture's population. The Uyghurs are
20-528: A sum ( ᠰᠤᠮᠤ ), sometimes called a sumu ( Chinese : 苏木 ; pinyin : sūmù ), is an administrative division . The sum division is equivalent to a township but is unique to Inner Mongolia. It is therefore larger than a gaqa ( ᠭᠠᠴᠠᠭᠠ гацаа ) and smaller than a banner (the Inner Mongolia equivalent of the county -level division). Examples include Shiwei, Inner Mongolia and Honggor Sum, Siziwang Banner . Sums whose population
30-679: Is one exception: Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture contains two prefectures of its own. Under the Constitution of the People's Republic of China , autonomous prefectures cannot be abolished. The PRC's autonomous administrative divisions may be found in the first (or top) to third levels of its national administrative divisions thus: Sum (administrative division) A sum is an administrative division used in China , Mongolia , and Russia . Countries such as China and Mongolia have employed
40-747: Is the second level administrative division below the aimags (provinces), roughly comparable to a county in the United States . There are 331 sums in Mongolia. Each sum is again divided into bags , bag being commonly translated as "brigade." In Russia , a sumon is an administrative division of the Tuva Republic , and somon is that of the Buryat Republic . Both describe the Russian term selsoviet . In Inner Mongolia ,
50-567: The prefectural level , with either ethnic minorities forming over 50% of the population or being the historic home of significant minorities. Autonomous prefectures are mostly majority Han Chinese by population. The official name of an autonomous prefecture includes the most significant minority in that region, sometimes two, rarely three. For example, a Kazakh ( Kazak in official naming system) prefecture may be called Kazak Zizhizhou . Like all other prefectural level divisions, autonomous prefectures are divided into county level divisions . There
60-1265: The inhabitants of the prefecture were Kyrgyz . 39°43′N 76°10′E / 39.71°N 76.17°E / 39.71; 76.17 Autonomous prefecture Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present Autonomous prefectures ( Chinese : 自治州 ; pinyin : zìzhìzhōu ) are one type of autonomous administrative divisions of China , existing at
70-737: The largest ethnic group in Kizilsu, consisting of nearly two-thirds of the population. The name Kizilsu (also spelled Kezilesu , derived from Chinese pinyin ) refers to the Kezi River and means "red water" in the Kyrgyz language . Kiziloy , Kizilto , and the Kizil Caves are nearby places that also use the prefix kizil (red). Kizilsu was within the territory of the First East Turkestan Republic , which lasted from November 1933 to April 1934. The establishment of
80-633: The short-lived breakaway state was thanks in part to a political and military alliance between Uyghurs and Kyrgyz in western Xinjiang. The Southern Xinjiang Administrative Office of the People's Republic of China established the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Region on 14 July 1954. The autonomous region was reorganised as an autonomous prefecture in February 1955. In 1955, the townships of Barin , Jamaterek , and Ujme were transferred from Yengisar County to Akto County , as
90-560: The sum as administrative division, which was used during the Qing dynasty . This system was acted in the 1980s after the Chinese Communist Party gained power in conjunction with their growing internal and external problems. The decentralisation of government included restructuring of organisational methods, reduction of roles in rural government and creation of sums. A sum ( Mongolian : сум , ᠰᠤᠮᠤ , [sʰo̙m] )
100-683: Was Bulungkol from Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Kashgar Prefecture . In April 1990, a protest in Barin against Chinese rule in Xinjiang escalated into an armed insurrection, in what came to be known as the Barin uprising or Barin riot. Kizilsu directly administers 1 county-level city and 3 counties . According to the 2020 census, Kizilsu has 622,222 inhabitants with a population density of 6.36 inhabitants per km. Most Kyrgyz in China (80 per cent) reside in Kizilsu. As of 2013, 27 per cent of
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