Wensu County

Etymology

The toponym Wensu (温宿) had appeared in historical records of the Western Han Dynasty as one of the 36 states in the Western Regions.{{Cite web | access-date = 30 November 2019 | trans-title = Wensu County People's Government – Address by the Leaders | access-date = 30 November 2019 | archive-date = 2020-04-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200407001512/http://www.wszf.gov.cn/zjws/ldzc/index.html | url-status = dead

In Uyghur, the county is called Aksu Konaxahar (阿克苏阔纳协海尔) meaning 'the old city of Aksu'.

History

Wensu County was established in 1902.

On May 29, 1958, Wensu County was eliminated and its territory made part of Aksu County. In 1962, Wensu County was restored.

In a Radio Free Asia interview, a Han Chinese staffer in the Wensu County local government said that in July 2017, a policy to affix QR codes to all knives belonging to Uyghurs was being carried out.

As of March 2018, every cadre in the county was required to spend eight days a month at the home of villagers.

In the late 2010s, Wensu County was the site of vocational education and training centers (also understood as deradicalization centers, re-education camps or concentration camps). According to a Radio Free Asia interview with an officer at the Wensu county police station, as of August 2018, 30,000 persons, or about one in six Uyghurs in the county (approximately 16% of the overall population of the county), were detained in re-education camps.

Administrative divisions

Wensu County administered 8 towns, 4 townships, and 1 ethnic township.

Climate

|Jan record high C = 8.1 |Feb record high C = 17.1 |Mar record high C = 26.8 |Apr record high C = 34.6 |May record high C = 34.7 |Jun record high C = 37.0 |Jul record high C = 39.6 |Aug record high C = 38.2 |Sep record high C = 33.9 |Oct record high C = 28.9 |Nov record high C = 23.0 |Dec record high C = 9.8 |Jan record low C = -24.5 |Feb record low C = -24.7 |Mar record low C = -9.5 |Apr record low C = -1.0 |May record low C = 4.8 |Jun record low C = 10.3 |Jul record low C = 11.5 |Aug record low C = 9.6 |Sep record low C = 3.9 |Oct record low C = -3.4 |Nov record low C = -10.1 |Dec record low C = -22.5

Economy

Agricultural products include rice, wheat, corn, cotton and fruit products. Sheep wool and sheepskins are produced in abundance. Industries produce food, spun cotton, building materials and coal.

, there was about 139,200 acres (919,475 mu) of cultivated land in Onsu.

Demographics

|2000|219219 |2010|233933 |}}

As of 2015, 197,360 of the 259,305 residents of the county were Uyghur, 55,335 were Han Chinese and 6,610 were from other ethnic groups.

As of 1999, 76.17% of the population of Wensu County was Uyghur and 21.43% of the population was Han Chinese.

Transportation

• China National Highway 314

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Onsu: File:A-k`o-su NK-44 (1950) - panoramio.jpg|Map including Uqturpan (labeled as WEN-SU (AKSU-KONE SHAHR)) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (AMS, 1950) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 f-6c.jpg|Map including Onsu (labeled as WENSU) (DMA, 1981) File:Operational Navigation Chart F-6, 6th edition.jpg|From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Onsu (labeled as WEN-SU (WENSU)) (DMA, 1985)

Notes

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