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Shufu
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Location
located to the southwest of Xinjiang
Uyghur
Autonomous Region, south Tianshan mountain, the
northwest rim of Tarim Basin, it borders
Peyziwat to the east, Ulughchat
to the west, Shule and Akhtu
to the south, Atush city to the north
with Karatag
mountain, Kumtag mountain, and Kashgar city
in between. It is one of the most important counties
in northwest frontier and hub open to
southwest China.
Origin
Shufu was under the charge of Shule state. In the
west Han Dynasty, Western Regions Frontier Command
was established; in Tang Dynasty, it was one of the nominated "Four Towns in
Anxi".
In September 1952 Kashgar city was built on the site
of Shufu town. On the autumn of 1955, Shufu town was
moved to Tuoktuok town.
Administrative Division
It has over 12 village, 6 farms, and 5 communities.
Population and Territory
By the end of 2003, in its total area of 4,040.8
square kilometers the population totaled 365,800,
among which the non-agriculture
population was 30,600, taking 8.37 percent of the
total. There are 13 ethnic groups such as
Uyghur,
Tajik, Han, etc. The
population of Uyghur
is 357,700, taking 97.8% of the total population;
Han 7300, 2%; other ethnic minorities 791, 0.2%.
Natural Characteristics
Located on the upper reaches of the Kezil river and
Gaiz river, the east part of the county is river
plain and outfall fan, north
, west and east of the county are mountains.
Mountain and plain takes 54% and 46% of the total
area. The average elevation is 1300 meters. The
climate belongs to the warm
desert temperate zone, the annual mean
temperature of the air is 11.2℃, the annual
precipitation amount is 72mm, and the frost-free
period is 220 days.
Natural Resources
The county abounds in wheat, rice, corn, maize,
melons, fruits, vegetable, cow, sheep, chicken,
pigeon etc.. It is
one of important grain, cotton, fruit, vegetables
produce bases, and has
been long known as "Home of Melons and Fruits" and
"Pearl of the Oasis".
Mineral resources is abundant, the already detected
amount of gypsum is 24,000,000 tons, salt 6,000,000
tons, gold more than 1.5 tons the
water 112,000 kilowatts.
Comprehensive Economic Conditions
GDP amounted to 801,420,000 Yuan RMB in 2003, among
them: primary industry 491,300,000 Yuan RMB, secondary
industry 105,910,000 Yuan RMB, tertiary industry
204,210,000 Yuan RMB
. the net income of farmer
amounted to 1,468 Yuan RMB.
Industry
There are 721 industrial enterprises, the basic
industrial system dominated by
electric power, building materials, salt, and fruits
have been set up, among which
3 enterprises with annual production value of more
than 5,000,000 Yuan RMB.
Agriculture
By the end of 2003, the county had 583,000 mou
arable area, 1.52 mu per capita, the total grain
output attainsed 192,000 tons;
cotton 210,000 dan ,clover
97,000 mou.
The domestic animal on-hand was 952,000, commodity
livestock amounts to 542,000, producing 24,000 tons
of meat; There are 417,200
mou forest, among them:
apricot 239,200 mou,
pomeragrate 51,400 mou,
grape 32,700 mu, sea backthern 30000 mou,
other fruits 63,900 mou,
the yielding economic fruit trees amount to 179,899
mu.
Export of labor services amounted to 21,000 persons
and created an income of 28,170,000 Yuan RMB.
Finance and Tax Income
The county completed public finance income of
34,800,000 Yuan RMB in 2003, local tax revenue
18,450,000 Yuan RMB, national
tax revenue 9,330,000 Yuan RMB.
By the end of 2003, the extra deposit of the rural
and urban residents amounted to 191,010,000 Yuan
RMB.
Business and Investment
There are 2,804 business networks with a staff of
2,991 and completed the total volume of retail sales
of social consumer goods
22,190,000 Yuan RMB. The overall fixed assets on
investment was 390,000,000 Yuan RMB, and 15 business
items were introduced with
a total capital of 250,000,000 Yuan RMB.
Non-stateowned Enterprises
By the end of 2003, there were 4,251 registered
non-stateowned enterprises
with registered capital of 77,810,000 Yuan RMB,
completed the overall production value of 92,080,000
Yuan RMB and
created a tax revenue of 8,230,000 Yuan RMB, taking
2.87％ of the GDP.
Transportation and Communication
Traffic is easy and quick, national highway 314 runs
through the county, The county is only 160
kilometers and 420 kilometers
from the Torgat Pass and Honjirap
Pass. Rail station and airport are within the
county. The mileage of public road reached
400 kilometers. There are 15,000 SPC
telephone customers, all of which can enjoy optical
fiber communication; the mobile telephone customer attained 3,200, every
hundred persons has 5 telephones.
Urban and Rural Construction
City construction is ever increasing.
The Housing Project is boldly implemented,
and the newly built city area is 39,291 square
meters 3000 households have been restructured
for earthquake proofing. The living conditions of
rural and urban citizens has been greatly improved,
average urban citizen has a housing area of 18
square meters and average urban citizen has a
housing area of 15.1 square meters.
Water Conservancy and Electric Power
Water resources is abundant, Kezil
river, Gez
river and Tuman river run through the county.There are 3 reservoirs, more than 10 small size and
medium-sized hydropower stations with annual
generated electricity of
more than 30,000,000 kwh.
There are 12,717 kilometers canals, among them 847
kilometers are stub cutoff canals
and 207 are motor-pumped wells.
7000 mou arable
land has received water-saving irrigation.
Power lines spread densely and can generally live up
to the demand of living and production.
Culture and Education
There are cultural organizations, such as library
and house of culture, one art troupe with 32 actors,
one television station, one broadcasting
station. A dozen of works have been published and
awarded in national, provincial and
regional level. There are 204 schools with
88,633 students in school.The rate of school age children's entry into primary
school amounted to 99.7%, the consolidation rate is
99%;
The enrollment rate of high school student is 98.3%,
the consolidation rate is 98%. 367 students entered
college in 2003, the admission rate amounted to
44.76%. In 1996, the county passed provincial check and
examination of the illiteracy elimination campaign.In 1999, the county passed national check and
examination of the illiteracy elimination campaign.
Technology and Hygiene
There are 6,361 technicians of all levels, 64 and
925 have got advanced and middle-level certificate
respectively. There are 19 medical institutions with 626 medical
workers and 463 hospital beds,
every 10 thousand people have 13 hospital beds and 5
doctors. Scientific projects such as water-saving irrigation,
animal embryo transplantation, intelligientize
greenhouse culture of seedling,
breeding of rare tree Ayuehunzi
have been implemented.
Environmental Protection and Green Belt
Great improvements have been made in green belt
construction. Air pollution, water pollution control
and drainage have live up to the national standards.
15,000 mou wasteland and
bare mountain are coated in green.
It was granted "Advanced County in terms of Green
Belt" in 2003.
Feature Industry
Apricot, pomegranate, grape, pistachio, cherry can
boast their high-quality, large scale,
wonderful flavor and thus enjoy a good reputation
home and abroad.
Uyghur exquisite
four-corner floral hat and delicate musical
instruments, with use-value and collecting value ,
have been sold to Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia
and Middle east.
Natural Landscape and Human Landscape
Located on the main route of the Ancient Silk
Road, tour resources is abundant with numerous
famous historic relics and unique folk customs.
There are 85 scenic spots such as
Mortom tower of the 10th
century, Muhammad·Kashgari(famous Uyghur
linguist and expert in the
11th century) tomb, the
ruins of Hanwuyi Ancient City, Three Immortals Cave
etc.
Opal Spring with 40 fountains, Great Orchard of
Boshikran Village, scenery of Pahataikli paddyfield
leaves tourists from home and abroad a lingering and
most memorable taste.The initial sub-tour structure integrating
historic monument, folk customs,
ecosystem and entertainment
has been formed. |
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