Kulansarak
township in Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
Kulansarak (Kulansa rak; also as Kulansarike; simplified Chinese: 库兰萨日克乡; traditional Chinese: 庫蘭薩日克鄉; pinyin: Kùlánsàrìkè Xiāng) is a township of Akqi County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the northeast of the county, it covers an area of 1,594 kilometres with a population of 4,498 (2010 Census), the main ethnic group is Kyrgyz. The township has 5 administrative villages (as of 2018) and 9 unincorporated villages under jurisdiction, its seat is at Jildiz Village (吉勒得斯).
Name
The name of Kulansa rak is from the Kyrgyz language, meaning yellow grass beach with wild horses (野马的黄草滩). It is said that the township was so named because there were wild horses that lived here. The township is located in the northeast of the county, 33 kilometers northeast of the county seat Akqi Town.
History
It was formerly part of the 1st district in 1950, Hulangshan Commune (虎狼山公社) was established in 1958. Kulansarak Commune was created in 1962. It was renamed to Xiangyang Commune (向阳公社) in 1969 during the Cultural Revolution. In 1978, the commune was renamed Kulansarak Commune.
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