Uqturpan County

Name

Uqturpan is also spelled Uchturpan and Uch-Turfan.

History

Tang

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.

Qing

Ush Turfan was the site of a battle between Barhanuddin and Abdulla during the Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas. Six years after the Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas, ten years after the Qing's rescue of the Khoja Brothers from Dzungars, an anti-Qing uprising of the local Turkic (later "Uyghur") people took place in Uqturpan. Legend says that a local rebel leader was married to Iparhan, known as the "Fragrant Concubine" a descendant of Apaq Khoja. During the turmoil, many fled, and the thousands who remained were killed by Sino-Manchu forces. Later, the area was repopulated by migrants from what is now Southern Xinjiang.

The Ush rebellion in 1765 by Uyghurs against the Manchus occurred after Uyghur women were gang raped by the servants and son of Manchu official Su-cheng. It was said that Ush Muslims had long wanted to sleep on [Sucheng and son's] hides and eat their flesh. because of the rape of Uyghur Muslim women for months by the Manchu official Sucheng and his son. The Manchu Emperor ordered that the Uyghur rebel town be massacred, the Qing forces enslaved all the Uyghur children and women and slaughtered the Uyghur men. Manchu soldiers and Manchu officials regularly having sex with or raping Uyghur women caused massive hatred and anger by Uyghur Muslims to Manchu rule.

21st century

In 2012, Aqyar Township (Aheya) was made a town.

In a 2012 article from Radio Free Asia, it was reported that according to family sources and local authorities, Islam Urayim, then 32, a native of Uqturpan County who had been deported to China on December 19, 2009, despite seeking asylum in Cambodia, had been sentenced to life in prison. It was unclear when Urayim was sentenced or on what charges he was convicted.

On April 3, 2015, Imam Township (Yimamu) was made a town.

On October 27, 2019, at 1:29 PM, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Uqturpan County. No casualties were reported.

According to a 2020 Radio Free Asia report, it was estimated by local officials that 20,000 Uyghurs were detained in the three re-education camps in the county.

Geography

The highest point in Uqturpan County is Zhatekelie Feng (扎特克列峰) at 5135 m above sea level.

59.9% of the territory of Uqturpan County is mountainous, 27.6% is Gobi-like desert areas and 12.5% is valley flatland.

Administrative divisions

Uqturpan County administered 3 towns, 5 townships and 1 ethnic townships:

Climate

| Jan record high C = 14.8 | Jan record low C = -26.6 | Feb record high C = 14.5 | Feb record low C = -27.3 | Mar record high C = 27.1 | Mar record low C = -15.1 | Apr record high C = 31.5 | Apr record low C = -3.4 | May record high C = 32.7 | May record low C = 1.3 | Jun record high C = 35.7 | Jun record low C = 4.7 | Jul record high C = 36.9 | Jul record low C = 8.1 | Aug record high C = 35.4 | Aug record low C = 6.0 | Sep record high C = 34.2 | Sep record low C = -0.2 | Oct record high C = 28.2 | Oct record low C = -4.5 | Nov record high C = 20.1 | Nov record low C = -12.3 | Dec record high C = 16.9 | Dec record low C = -23.4 All-time Oct extremeAll-time January high

Demographics

|2000|177410 |2010|197990 |}}

As of 2015, 216,579 of the 235,336 residents of the county were Uyghur, 11,462 were Han Chinese, 5,613 were Kyrgyz and 1,682 were from other ethnic groups.

As of 1999, 90.01% of the population of Uqturpan (Wushi) County was Uyghur and 6.73% of the population was Han Chinese.

Economy

Uqturpan County's economy is primarily based on agriculture and animal husbandry, producing wheat, rice, corn, cotton, sesame ({{linktext|胡麻}}), rapeseed, and pelts. Industries include cooking oil processing, tractor repair, and construction among others.

, there was about 86,800 acres (572,793 mu) of cultivated land in Uqturpan.

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Uqturpan: File:STANFORD(1917) p61 PLATE19. SINKIANG (14597194848).jpg|Map including Uqturpan (labeled as Uch Turfan) (1917) File:A-k`o-su NK-44 (1950) - panoramio.jpg|Map including Uqturpan (labeled as WU-SHIH (UCH TURFAN)) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (AMS, 1950) File:NK-44-7 Wu-Shih China 1973.jpg|Map including Uqturpan (labeled as WU-SHIH (UCH TURFAN)) (DMA, 1973) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 f-6c.jpg|Map including Uqturpan (labeled as Wushi) (DMA, 1981) File:Operational Navigation Chart F-6, 6th edition.jpg|From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Uqturpan (labeled as Wu-shih (Wushi)) (DMA, 1985)

Notes

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