Tumxuk

Tumxuk
—  Sub-prefecture-level city  —
Chinese transcription(s)
- Simplified
- Traditional
- Pinyin
Country	China
Province	Xinjiang
County-level divisions
Area
- Total	1,927 km2 (744 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2007)
- Total	110,000
- Density	57.1/km2 (147.8/sq mi)
- Urban Density	Expression error: Unexpected / operator/km2 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

A Buddha statue from Tumshuq, Xinjiang. 5th century.

Tumxuk or Tumushuke (Chinese: 图木舒克, Pinyin: Túmùshūkè; Uyghur: تۇمشۇق‎, Tumushuq, Tumxuk̡; also known as Tumushuk, Tumshuq, etc.)^[1] is a sub-prefecture-level city in the northern part of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in the People's Republic of China, it is located in western Xinjiang, surrounded by Kaxgar Prefecture.

See also: Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

Footnotes

1. ^ The official spelling is "Tumxuk" according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, Zhōngguó dìtú chūbǎnshè 中国地图出版社 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 312.

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Coordinates: 41°22′N 79°58′E / 41.367°N 79.967°E / 41.367; 79.967

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