Awat County

History

The term "Awat" translates from Uyghur to signify "prosperity". The region surrounding Awat County was formerly known as "Dolang," the ancestral home of the "Dolang people," an old Uyghur tribe. Subsequently, a significant influx of peasants settled in the region, resulting in a population surge, an expansion of cultivated land, and a daily transformation of the landscape, prompting the renaming to Awat.

During the Han dynasty, it was part of . During the Tang dynasty, it was part of Gumo Prefecture. In 1883, was established, with Awat falling under its control. In 1913, the area was part of the three, four, and five districts of Aksu County; in 1922, Awat County was established. Awat County was established in 1930, initially part of Aksu Dao, and subsequently became part of the Aksu District Administrator's Office in 1933. In 1943, it pertains to the Aksu Administrative Inspector General's Office. The People's Government of the County of Awat was officially created in 1950. Subsequently, it has been governed by the Aksu Commissioner's Office and the Aksu Regional Administrative Office.

On January 23, 2013, the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Xin Zheng Xin [2013] No. 17) sanctioned the transfer of 474.208 square kilometers of Awat County to Aral City's administration.

Administrative divisions

Awat County is made up of seven towns, two townships and one other area:

Demographics

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As of 1999, 81.59% of the population of Awat (Awati) County was Uyghur and 17.74% of the population was Han Chinese.

According to the 2010 Sixth Population Census, the total resident population of Awati County was 237,562. As of 2015, 217,722 of the 262,842 residents of the county were Uyghur, 42,960 were Han Chinese, 2,160 were from other ethnic groups.

Climate

|Jan record high C = 8.2 |Jan record low C = -26.0 |Feb record high C = 14.6 |Feb record low C = -25.0 |Mar record high C = 27.8 |Mar record low C = -12.1 |Apr record high C = 35.6 |Apr record low C = -3.0 |May record high C = 36.2 |May record low C = 2.2 |Jun record high C = 38.3 |Jun record low C = 7.4 |Jul record high C = 39.0 |Jul record low C = 8.2 |Aug record high C = 39.2 |Aug record low C = 8.0 |Sep record high C = 34.1 |Sep record low C = 3.3 |Oct record high C = 29.8 |Oct record low C = -5.5 |Nov record high C = 22.1 |Nov record low C = -14.1 |Dec record high C = 10.9 |Dec record low C = -21.9

Economy

A developed irrigation system is in place and agricultural products include wheat, rice, corn and cotton. Sheep are the primary livestock in the county. Industries include coal, construction, food processing, leathermaking and carpetmaking.

One quarter of the cotton production in Aksu prefecture comes from the county.

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Awat: File:STANFORD(1917) p61 PLATE19. SINKIANG (14597194848).jpg|Map including Awat (1917) File:A-k`o-su NK-44 (1950) - panoramio.jpg|Map including Awat (labeled as A-wa-t'i (Abad)) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (AMS, 1950) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 f-6c.jpg|Map including Awat (DMA, 1981) File:Operational Navigation Chart F-6, 6th edition.jpg|From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Awat (labeled as A-wa-t'i (Awat)) (DMA, 1985)

Notes

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