Qarlung


Qarlung, Charlung is a town of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the southeast of the county, the town covers an area of 3,242 square kilometers with a population of 5,258. It has 5 administrative villages under its jurisdiction.

Name

The name of Qarlung is from a Turkic language, meaning "the place where the mountains gather". It is named after the confluence of the four narrow valleys.

History

In 1965, Qarlung Commune was established.
In 1967, Qarlung Commune was renamed Wuxing Commune.
In 1981, Kosrap Commune was created from part of the commune.
In 1984, the commune became Qarlung Township.
On August 27, 2018, Kosrap was merged into Qarlung.
In 2020, on December 30th, the status of Qarlung Township was upgraded to the status of a town.

Geography and resources

Qarlung town is located between 75°09′- 76°02′ east longitude and 37°52′- 38°12′ north latitude, to the south of the county seat Akto Town. It is bordered by Kizilto and Tar town to the east and south, by Taxkorgan County to the west. Its maximum distance is 58 kilometers from west to east and 45 kilometers from north to south. It has a total area of 3,242 square meters with arable land area of 75.04 hectares and artificial grassland area of 77.89 hectares. The seat of the town is 210 kilometers away from Akto Town.
The annual average temperature is 1.9 °C, the average temperature in January is -12.1 °C, and the average temperature in July is 12.2 °C. The annual precipitation is 150–200 mm, the frost-free period is 120 days.
There are precious animals such as snowcock, yellow sheep and argali in the territory, and mineral resources such as coal, crystal, gold, iron, lead and zinc. There are two water systems of Qarlung River and the Kesrevati River, and the Pashrevati Yikbulak Hot Spring with a water temperature of 40-50 °C is a sulfur spring, which can help treat skin diseases.

Administrative divisions

The town has 1 residential community and 6 administration villages .
1 residential community
  • Kunlun Jiayuan Community مەھەللىسى,
كۉنلۉن جيايۇان
  • * Prior to December 30th, 2020: Jilandi Village
4 administration villages:
  • Baldaling'ozu Village
  • *
  • Mazar'ozu Village
  • *
  • Qayiz Village
  • Toylabulung Village
1 administration village from the dissolved Kosrap town:
  • Aqchigh Village
1 administration villages from the dissolved Kosrap town that has been submerged under water and not been relocated:
  • Zongtash Village
Unincorporated villages
  • Koyjol
  • Janbulak

    Economy

, as part of the larger poverty alleviation campaign, herdsman residents were given the materials to plant farms. It was reported that 162 herdsmen in Qarlung had been made responsible for about 12,000 cows and 19,000 sheep belonging to 847 households. According to Hou Zhenqi, Party chief of Akto's Qarlung township, all impoverished people in the township had been moved to a new residential compound, a policy which began implementation in 2017. The compound houses 6,593 impoverished people from 1,656 households.

Demographics

, the population of Qarlung was 99.9% Kyrgyz.