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Xinhe County, formerly Toqsu County (Uyghur: توقسۇ ناھىيىسى, Тоқсу Наһийиси, ULY: Toqsu Nahiyisi, UYY: Tok̡su Nah̡iyisi?; Chinese: 新和县; pinyin: Xīnhé Xiàn) is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, and is under the administration of the Aksu Prefecture. It contains an area of 5,821 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 140,000.
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Map of Xinhe, Aksu, Xinjiang, China
Name
The county's original name Toksu was changed into Xinhe in 1941. "Xinhe" is the abbreviation of "Xinjiang Heping" ("新疆和平"), literally "Xinjiang Peace."
Transportation
Xinhe is served by the Southern Xinjiang Railway.
References
Xinhe County, Xinjiang Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA