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Tar Tajik Township 塔尔塔吉克民族乡 (Chinese) تار تاجىك مىللىي يېزىسى (Uyghur) تار تاجئك ۇلۇتتۇق ايىلى (Kyrgyz) تار تۇجىك مىلى دىيۇر (Sarikoli)
Township
Tar Tajik TownshipLocation of the township in southern Xinjiang
Coordinates: 37°50′47″N 76°03′40″E / 37.8463413977°N 76.0611296948°E / 37.8463413977; 76.0611296948
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Prefecture	Kizilsu
County	Akto
Area
• Total	1,009.7 km (389.8 sq mi)
Population
• Total	5,408
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard Time)
postal code	845550
Area code	653022 210
Website	www.xjakt.gov.cn

Tar Tajik Township (Chinese: 塔尔塔吉克族乡; Uyghur: تار تاجىك يېزىسى) is an ethnic township for Chinese Tajiks in Akto County, in Xinjiang, China. Located in the southernmost part of the county, the township covers an area of 1,009.7 square kilometers with a population of 5,408 (as of 2015). It has 8 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. Its seat is Bag Village (巴格村).

Name

The name "Tar" is from the Sarikoli language and means "narrow". The township was so-named because it is located in a narrow river valley in the mountains.

Geography and resources

Tar is the southernmost township of Akto County, located in the western Kunlun Mountains. It is bordered by Qarlung Township to the north and east, and Taxkorgan County to the south and west. It has an area of 1,009.7 square kilometers with 422.59 hectares of arable land. Its seat, Bag Village, is 420 kilometers away from the county seat, Akto Town. As of 2015, the township has 1,410 households and a population of 5,408.

Administrative divisions

The township has 8 administration villages and 12 unincorporated villages under its jurisdiction.

8 administration villages:

• Almaliq Village (Alemalekecnu) (阿勒玛勒克村, ئالمىلىق كەنتى, المالىق قىشتاعى)
• Aqqum Village (Akekumucun) (阿克库木村, ئاققۇم كەنتى, اققۇم قىشتاعى)
• Bagh Village (Bagecun) (巴格村, باغ كەنتى, باق قىشتاعى)
• Bagh'aghzi Village (Bage'aigezicun) (巴格艾格孜村, باغئاغزى كەنتى, باق ووزۇ قىشتاعى)
• Beldir Village (Bieledi'ercun) (别勒迪尔村, بەلدىر كەنتى, بەلدئر قىشتاعى)
• Hosh'abat Village (Huoxi'abaticun) (霍西阿巴提村, خۇشئابات كەنتى, قوشابات قىشتاعى)
• Quzu Village (Kuzucun) (库祖村, قۇزۇ كەنتى, قوزۇ قىشتاعى)
• Tar'abat Village (Ta'er'abaticun) (塔尔阿巴提村, تارئابات كەنتى, تارابات قىشتاعى)

Unincorporated villages

• Kengsaz (康萨孜)

Demographics

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Xinjiang

References

1. ^ 塔尔塔吉克族乡（概况）. xjakt.gov.cn. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
2. مەلىكەم مەمەت, ed. (10 July 2019). شىنجاڭ خەلققە قولايلىق باج بېجىرىش يولىنىڭ « ئەڭ ئاخىرقى بىر كىلومېتىر »نى تۇتاشتۇردى. People's Daily (in Uyghur). Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020. تار تاجىك يېزىسى
3. 阿克陶县行政区划和居民地名称. xjkz.gov.cn. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
4. 克孜勒阿克陶县民生地理. monseng.com. 4 March 2019. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
5. 2018年塔尔塔吉克族乡行政区划代码. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
6. 1997年阿克陶县行政区划 [1997 Akto County Administrative Divisions] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 31 December 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2020. 塔尔塔吉克族乡　1962年成立塔尔公社，1984年改设塔尔塔吉克族乡。位于县城南325千米，地处山区。面积1003平方千米，人口0.4万，均为塔吉克族。辖巴格、帕格孜、别勒迪尔、库孜、阿勒马勒克5个行政村。
7. Sui Yunyan 隋云雁 (20 September 2020). 人心齐了——稳稳的幸福在身边. Xinhua News Agency (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020. 阿克陶县塔尔塔吉克族乡库祖村村民塔依尔·卡吾里今年48岁，这位塔吉克族汉子
8. 阿克陶县历史沿革. XZQH.org (in Simplified Chinese). 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2020. 2000年第五次人口普查，阿克陶县常住总人口163024人，其中：{...}塔尔乡3159人、{...}2010年第六次人口普查，阿克陶县常住总人口199065人，其中：{...}塔尔乡5059人，{...}

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