Uchturpan County
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Wushi (Uqturpan) County 乌什县 • ئۇچتۇرپان ناھىيىسى |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture-level divisions | Aksu Prefecture |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Uqturpan (Wushi) County or Uchturpan County (Chinese: 乌什县; Uyghur: ئۇچتۇرپان ناھىيىسى, Учтурпан Наһийиси, ULY: Uchturpan Nahiyisi, UYY: Uqturpan Nah̡iyisi?) is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the administration of Aksu Prefecture. It has an area of 9,012 square kilometres (3,480 sq mi) and as of the 2002 census[update] a population of 180,000.
During the Battle of Aksu (717), the Umayyad Caliphate and their Turgesh and Tibetan Empire allies hope to seize Uqturpan (then known as Dai-dʑiᴇk-dʑiᴇŋ) from Tang-Karluks-Exiled Western Turkic Khaganate allies but were repelled.
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