Aksu

Aksu is a city in and the seat of , , lying at the northern edge of the . The name Aksu literally means "white water" and is used for both the oasis town and the .
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  • Type: City with 524,000 residents
  • Description: county-level city of Xinjiang
  • Also known as: A-k’e-su”, “A-k’e-su Shih”, “A-k’o-su-chen”, “A-k’o-su-hsien”, “A-k’o-su-hsin-ch’eng”, “Ak Su Yangi Shahr”, “Ak-sou”, “Ak-su”, “Akesu”, “Akesu Shi”, “Akoso”, “Akshu”, “Aksu City”, “Aksu New City”, “Aksu, China”, “Aksu, Xinjiang”, “Aqsu”, “Aqsu New City”, “Aqsu Yangi Shahr”, “Bharuka”, “City of Aksu”, “New Aksu”, “Po-lu-chia”, “Wên-su”, “Wensu”, and “Yangi-shahr

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qizil Köwrük.

Suburb
Hongqiao Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Aksu City, , People's Republic of China, located at the heart of the city's urban core. As of 2011, it has 5 residential communities under its administration.

Aksu

Latitude
41.1687° or 41° 10′ 7″ north
Longitude
80.2582° or 80° 15′ 30″ east
Population
524,000
Elevation
1,119 metres (3,671 feet)
IATA airport code
AKU
Open location code
8MH25795+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244075609
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1529660
Wiki­data ID
Q421648
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Aksu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أقسو
  • Azerbaijani: Aksu
  • Basque: Aksu Hiria
  • Basque: Aksu
  • Bengali: আকসু
  • Bulgarian: Аксу
  • Catalan: Ak-su
  • Catalan: Aksu (Xinjiang)
  • Catalan: Aksu
  • Catalan: Aqsu
  • Chinese: Ākèsù
  • Chinese: Aksu-chhī
  • Chinese: 阿克苏
  • Chinese: 阿克苏县
  • Chinese: 阿克苏市
  • Chinese: 阿克蘇
  • Chinese: 阿克蘇市
  • Chinese: 阿克蘇縣
  • Czech: Ak-su
  • Czech: Aksu
  • Danish: Aksu
  • Dutch: Aksu (China)
  • Dutch: Aksu (Xinjiang)
  • Dutch: Aksu
  • Egyptian Arabic: اجسو
  • Finnish: Aksu
  • French: Ak-sou
  • French: Aksou, Xinjiang
  • French: Aksou
  • French: Aqsu
  • Gan Chinese: 阿克苏市
  • Georgian: აქსუ (ქალაქი)
  • Georgian: აქსუ
  • German: Aksu
  • Greek: Ακσού
  • Gujarati: અક્સુ
  • Hebrew: אקסו
  • Hindi: अक्सु
  • Hungarian: Akszu
  • Indonesian: Aksu
  • Italian: Ak-su
  • Italian: Akesu
  • Italian: Akshu
  • Italian: Aksu
  • Japanese: アクス
  • Japanese: アクス市
  • Japanese: 阿克蘇市
  • Japanese: 阿克蘇県
  • Kannada: ಅಕ್ಷು
  • Kikuyu: Aksu, Xinjiang
  • Korean: 아커수 시
  • Korean: 아커수
  • Korean: 아커쑤 시
  • Korean: 아커쑤
  • Korean: 아커쑤시
  • Korean: 아크수시
  • Latvian: Aksu
  • Lithuanian: Aksu (Kinija)
  • Lithuanian: Aksu
  • Malay: Aksu
  • Marathi: आकसू
  • Min Nan Chinese: Aksu-chhī
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Aksu
  • Norwegian: Aksu
  • Persian: آق‌سو، سین‌کیانگ
  • Persian: اکسو، زینجیانگ
  • Polish: Aksu (miasto w Chinach)
  • Polish: Aksu
  • Portuguese: Acsu
  • Portuguese: Aksu
  • Russia Buriat: Аксу
  • Russian: Аксу (город в Китае)
  • Russian: Аксу (город, Китай)
  • Russian: Аксу (Китай)
  • Russian: Аксу
  • Serbian: Аксу
  • Sinhala: අක්සු
  • South Azerbaijani: آق‌سو، سین‌کیانگ
  • Spanish: Aksu, Sinkiang
  • Spanish: Aksu, Xinjiang
  • Spanish: Aksu
  • Spanish: Aqsu
  • Spanish: Ciudad de Aksu
  • Swedish: A-k’o-su
  • Swedish: Aekesu
  • Swedish: Aekesue
  • Swedish: Ak-su
  • Swedish: Akesu
  • Swedish: Akshu
  • Swedish: Aksu
  • Swedish: Ak̢su
  • Swedish: Aqsu
  • Swedish: Bharuka
  • Swedish: Po-lu-chia
  • Tagalog: Aksu, Xinjiang
  • Tamil: எக்சு
  • Telugu: ఆక్సు
  • Thai: อัคสุ
  • Turkish: Aksu (Şehir)
  • Turkish: Aksu, Sincan
  • Turkish: Aksu
  • Uighur: Ak̩su
  • Uighur: Aqsu shehiri
  • Uighur: Aqsu Shehiri
  • Uighur: Ақсу
  • Uighur: ئاقسۇ شەھىرى
  • Uighur: ئاقسۇ
  • Ukrainian: Аксу
  • Urdu: آقسو، سنکیانگ
  • Urdu: آکسو، سنکیانگ
  • Vietnamese: A Khắc Tô
  • Vietnamese: Aksu (thành phố)
  • Vietnamese: Aksu (thị xã)
  • Vietnamese: Aksu
  • Waray (Philippines): Akesu
  • Waray (Philippines): Aksu, Xinjiang
  • Welsh: Aksu
  • Wu Chinese: 阿克苏市
  • Yue Chinese: 阿克蘇

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