Place:Aksu, Sinkiang, People's Republic of China

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NameAksu
Alt namesAksu Prefecture
A-k'o-susource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 335
Aksusource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Aqsusource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 335
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates41.167°N 80.333°E
Located inSinkiang, People's Republic of China
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Aksu Prefecture is located in mid-Western Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and 2.37 million inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 535,657 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of Aksu urban district. The name Aksu is Turkic for 'white water'. Aksu Prefecture has a long international boundary with Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

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