Zhaosu County (), also known as Mongolküre County (from ), is a county in northwestern Xinjiang, China. It is under the administration of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture and shares a border with Kazakhstan's Almaty Region to the west. It covers an area of . According to the 2012 census, it had a population of 189,102.
Administrative divisions Zhaosu County is divided into 6 towns, 1 township, and 3 ethnic townships.
Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Uyghur (UEY) Uyghur Latin (ULY) Kazakh (Arabic script) Kazakh (Cyrillic script) Administrative division code NotesTowns Mongolküre Town 654026100 Qashajar Town 654026101 Aqdala Town 654026102 Qarasu Town 654026103 Xonuqay Town 654026104 Uzunbulaq Town 654026105Township Sarqobu Township 654026203Ethnic Townships Chaganuysun Mongol Ethnic Township 654026206 (Mongolian) Shota Kyrgyz Ethnic Township 654026207 (Kyrgyz) Husongtukaerxun Mongol Ethnic Township 654026208 (Mongolian)
Others: 74th Regiment of the XPCC () (74-تۇەن مەيدانى) (74-تۋان الاڭىنداعى) 75th Regiment of the XPCC () (75-تۇەن مەيدانى) (75-تۋان الاڭىنداعى) 76th Regiment of the XPCC () (76-تۇەن مەيدانى) (76-تۋان الاڭىنداعى) 77th Regiment of the XPCC () (77-تۇەن مەيدانى) (77-تۋان الاڭىنداعى)
Climate
Demographics As of 2012, the population of Zhaosu County is 189,102, among which 47.55 per cent are Kazakh, 28.65 per cent are Han Chinese, and 9.66 per cent are Uyghur.
Reports suggest that an influx of Han migrants to the county began circa 2008.
Economy By 2020, several Han Chinese restaurants had been opened in the county to accommodate an influx of Han migrants. The county is served by Zhaosu Tianma Airport.
Agriculture Potatoes and wheat are the crops primarily cultivated in Zhaosu.
Education Shuguang Middle School, formerly Number 1 Middle School, is located in Zhaosu.
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