Region Xinjiang Area 1,171 km² | Prefecture Ili (Kazakh) Local time Sunday 6:10 PM | |
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Country People's Republic of China Weather -1°C, Wind NE at 11 km/h, 77% Humidity | ||
Kuytun or Kuitun (Chinese: 奎屯; pinyin: Kuítún) is a county-level city with about 285,000 residents (2000 census) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Kuitun is located between Wusu and Shihezi on the railway from Ürümqi to Kazakhstan, close to a desert.
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Map of Kuytun, Ili, Xinjiang, China
The city was historically associated with the XPCC Seventh Agricultural Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, which had run it until 1975, and still continues to administer the city's Tianbei New Area.
Local industries include food processing and textile industries, as well as Kuitun Power Plant.
Transport
Kuytun is served by China National Highway 312. It is a railway junction for the Northern Xinjiang, Second Ürümqi-Jinghe and Kuytun-Beitun Railways.
References
Kuytun Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA