Kuytun () or Kuitun () is a county-level city with about 285,000 residents (2000 census) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Kuitun is located between Wusu and Shihezi on the railway from Ürümqi to Kazakhstan, close to a desert.
Kuytun has historically been associated with the 7th Xinjiang Agriculture Construction Division (), which ran the city until 1975 but still administers its Tianbei New Area.
Local industries include food processing and textile industries, as well as Kuitun Power Plant.
Name
The name Kuytun is from the Mongolian word "" (), which literally means "cold". The Chinese name Kuiteng () first appeared in the official historical book History of Yuan, and referred to the Kuytun River. According to legend, during Genghis Khan's campaign of westward expansion, some of his troops were stationed in the area in wintertime and commented on the cold weather by repeatedly shouting "kuytun!" The area has since been named Kuytun.
Geography
The city of Kuytun is located in the middle northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with a north latitude of 44 degrees 19 minutes - 44 degrees 49 minutes and an east longitude of 84 degrees 47 minutes - 85 degrees 18 minutes. It is bordered by Shawan County to the east, by Dushanzi District to the south, by Wusu City to the west and by Karamay District to the north. The maximum length north–south is about 46 kilometers, the maximum is about 33 kilometers between east and west and the total area is 1,171.42 square kilometers.
Kuytun City lies in the northern side of Tianshan, the southwest edge of the Junggar Basin and the Kuytun River valley. Its terrain of the city is tilted from southwest to northeast at an altitude of 450–530 meters. It is the Tianshan fold belt with multi-Gobi gravel in the south, the edge of the platform of Junggar Basin in the north. and there are more water furrows in the west of downtown. The water sources are the Kuytun River and Quangou Reservoir (). The region is in a moderate temperate continental arid climate, hot in summer and cold in winter, rainless. The four seasons are more distinct, the average annual temperature is 7.4 °C and the average annual rainfall of 182 mm.
Population and ethnic groups
As of 2015, the population of Kuytun city was 289,397, accounting for 6.16% of Ili Autonomous Prefecture's population. The population of minorities in the city was 15,768, accounting for 5.45% of Kuytun, and a Han population of 273,629, accounting for 94.55%. The main minorities are Hui, Kazak, Mongols and Uyghur in the city. The Hui population was 6,364, accounting for 2.2%, Kazakhs of 5,222, accounting for 1.8%, Mongols of 1,059, Uyghurs of 1,018 and others of 2,105.
Administrative divisions
Kuytun is divided into five subdistircts and a township.
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| Tuanjie Road Subdistrict
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| 654003001
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| Ürümqi East Road Subdistrict
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| 654003002
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| Beijing Road Subdistrict
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| 654003003
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| Ürümqi West Road Subdistrict
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| 654003004
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| Railway Station Subdistrict
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| 654003005
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| Beijing West Road Subdistrict
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| 654003006
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| Keygenchi Township
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| 654003201
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- 131th Regiment of the XPCC ()
- Tianbei New Area ()
Transport
Kuytun is the largest material transit, distribution and transportation hub in the Northern Xinjiang area, the G30 and G3014 National Expressways, G312 and G217 National Highways meet here. It is a railway junction for the Northern Xinjiang, Second Ürümqi-Jinghe and Kuytun-Beitun Railways.
Notes
References
External links
- Kuitun City Government
- Kuitun City info
- Kuitun Map