Aksu Prefecture
Aksu Prefecture is located in west-central Xinjiang, China. It has an area of 131,161 km2 and 2.714 million inhabitants at the 2020 census whom 715,319 lived in the built-up area made up of Aksu urban district.
- Type: Region with 2,140,000 residents
- Description: prefecture
- Also known as: “A-k’o-su Chuan-ch’ü”, “A-k’o-su Ti-ch’ü”, “Akesu”, “Akesu Diqu”, “Aksu Prefektura”, “Prefectura Aksu”, “Prefecture d’Aksou”, “אקסו (נציבות)”, “נציבות אקסו”, “आक्सू विभाग”, “아커수 지구”, “악수 지구”, and “阿克蘇地区”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qizil Köwrük.
Aksu Prefecture
- Categories: prefecture and locality
- Location: Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.1678° or 41° 10′ 4″ north
Longitude
80.2582° or 80° 15′ 30″ east
Population
2,140,000
Elevation
1,104 metres (3,622 feet)
Open location code
8MH25795+47
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Aksu Prefecture” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أقسو”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة أقسو (الصين)”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة أقسو”
- Armenian: “Ակսու (շրջան)”
- Armenian: “Ակսու”
- Basque: “Aksu prefektura”
- Catalan: “Prefectura d’Aksu”
- Cebuano: “Aksu Diqu”
- Chinese: “阿克苏”
- Chinese: “阿克苏地区”
- Chinese: “阿克蘇地區”
- Czech: “Aksu”
- Danish: “Aksu”
- Dutch: “Aksu Prefecture”
- Estonian: “Aksu ringkond”
- Finnish: “Aksun prefektuuri”
- French: “préfecture d’Aksou”
- French: “Préfecture d’Aksou”
- Gan Chinese: “阿克苏地区”
- German: “Aksu”
- Greek: “Νομός Ακσού”
- Hebrew: “אוקסו”
- Hebrew: “אקסו”
- Hindi: “अक्सू”
- Hindi: “आक़्सू विभाग”
- Indonesian: “Prefektur Aksu”
- Italian: “prefettura di Aksu”
- Italian: “Prefettura di Aksu”
- Japanese: “アクス地区”
- Kirghiz: “Ак-Суу аймагы”
- Korean: “아커쑤 지구”
- Korean: “아크수 지구”
- Korean: “아크수지구”
- Lithuanian: “Aksu prefektūra”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Aksu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Aksu Tē-khu”
- Mongolian: “Аксу тойрог”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aksu”
- Norwegian: “Aksu”
- Persian: “ولایت آقسو”
- Polish: “Aksu (prefektura)”
- Polish: “Aksu”
- Portuguese: “Aksu (Xinjiang)”
- Portuguese: “Aksu”
- Russian: “Аксу”
- Russian: “Округ Аксу”
- Slovenian: “Prefektura Aksu”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Aksu”
- Swedish: “Aksu, Xinjiang”
- Tatar: “Аксу бүлгесе”
- Tatar: “Аксу округы”
- Turkish: “Aksu İli”
- Turkish: “Aksu”
- Uighur: “Aksu Diqu”
- Uighur: “Aksu”
- Uighur: “ئاقسۇ ۋىلايىتى”
- Ukrainian: “Аксу”
- Urdu: “آقسو پریفیکچر”
- Vietnamese: “Aksu, Tân Cương”
- Western Panjabi: “آقسو پریفیکچر”
- Wu Chinese: “阿克苏地区”
- Yue Chinese: “阿克蘇地區”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Yengibazar and Lengger.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: 中共阿克苏地区委员会 and Yengi Bazar Mosque.
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Worth a closer look: Urumqi and Kashgar.
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