Kizilsu Prefecture 克孜勒苏州 • قىزىلسۇۇ وبلاسى • قىزىلسۇ ئوبلاستى (Chinese) • (Uyghur) • (Kyrgyz) |
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Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture
克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 قىزىلسۇ قىرغىز ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى قىزىلسۇۇ قىرعىز اپتونوم وبلاسى |
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Yurt of the Kirghiz in Kizilsu
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Kizilsu Prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange) |
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Country | People's Republic of China |
Region | Xinjiang |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 | ||||||||||
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Uyghur |
قىزىلسۇ قىرغىز ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى
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Kyrgyz |
قىزىلسۇۇ قىرعىز اپتونوم وبلاسى Кызылсуу Кыргыз аптоном обласы Qızılsuu Qırğız aptonom oblası |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Kèzīlèsū Kē'ěrkèzī Zìzhìzhōu |
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Xiao'erjing | كْذِلْصُوَع كْعَركْذِ ذِجِجِوْ |
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Latin Yëziqi | Qizilsu Qirghiz aptonom oblasti |
Siril Yëziqi | Қизилсу Қирғиз аптоном области |
Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture of China. It is located in the western part of Xinjiang. The prefecture has an area of 69,112 km2 (26,684 sq mi) and its capital is Artux. Kizilsu in the Kyrgyz language means “red water”.
Kizilsu directly controls 1 county-level city and 3 counties.
According to the 2000 census, Kizilsu has 439,688 inhabitants with a population density of 6.36 inhabitants per km².
Coordinates: 39°40′N 76°43′E / 39.667°N 76.717°E