Xinhe County, Xinjiang


Xinhe County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Toksu County, is a county in Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.

Name

The county's original name Toksu was changed into Xinhe in 1941. "Xinhe" is the abbreviation of "Xinjiang Heping", literally "Xinjiang Peace."

History

On October 27, 1930, Toksu County was created from part of Kuqa.
In 1941 or 1944, Toksu County's Chinese character name was changed from 'Tuokesu' County to 'Xinhe' County.

Administrative divisions

Towns :
Townships :
Other areas:
The economy is based on agriculture and also animal husbandry. The county produces wheat, corn, rice, cotton and melons as well as Parthian fennel and thin-shelled walnuts. Industries include wool-spinning, knitting, and carpet making.

Demographics

As of 2015, 184,399 of the 195,920 residents of the county were Uyghur, 10,901 were Han Chinese and 620 were from other ethnic groups.
As of 1999, 95.01% of the population of the county were Uyghur and 4.81% of the population was Han Chinese.

Transportation

Xinhe is served by the Southern Xinjiang Railway.

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Toksu/Xinhe: