Kuytun
County-level city in Xinjiang, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the city in Xinjiang. For the inhabited localities in Russia, see Kuytun, Russia.
Kuytun (Uyghur: كۈيتۇن) or Kuitun (Chinese: 奎屯) is a county-level city with about 285,000 residents (2000 census) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Kuitun is located between Wusu and Shihezi on the railway from Ürümqi to Kazakhstan, close to a desert.
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Coordinates (Kuytun municipal government): 44°25′35″N 84°54′12″E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
Autonomous prefecture | Ili |
Municipal seat | Tuanjie Road Subdistrict |
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• Total | 784.8 km2 (303.0 sq mi) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 229,122 |
• Density | 290/km2 (760/sq mi) |
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Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time[lower-alpha 1]) |
Website | www |
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Chinese | 奎屯市 | ||||||
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Uyghur | كۈيتۇن شەھىرى | ||||||
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Kazakh | كۇيتىڭ قالاسى Қойтүн қаласы | ||||||
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Kuytun has historically been associated with the 7th Xinjiang Agriculture Construction Division (兵团第七师), which ran the city until 1975 but still administers its Tianbei New Area.
Local industries include food processing and textile industries, as well as Kuitun Power Plant.