page_title: Akto County
hierarchical_section_title: Akto County
caption_attribution_description: Location of Akto County (pink) and Kizilsu Prefecture (yellow) within Xinjiang autonomous region of China Map drawn in september 2007 using various sources, mainly&#160;: Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region administrative regions GIS data: 1:1M, County level, 1990 Xinjiang Counties map from www.hua2.com
context_page_description: Akto County is a county in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. It is under the administration of the Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture of Kizilsu. The county has two towns, 11 townships, four state-owned farms and a plant nursery under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Akto Town. The county contains an area of 24,555 km² and has a population of 231,756.
  Akto is the westernmost border county of China. A point north of the Markansu River on the China–Tajikistan border is the westernmost point of China. The county is located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, east of the Pamir Plateau, and the western edge of the Tarim Basin. It is located between 73°26'5" - 76°43'31" east longitude and 37°41'28" - 39°29'55" north latitude. It is bordered by Wuqia County and Shufu County to the north, by Shule County and 41st Regiment of the XPCC across Yuepuhu River to the northeast, by Yingjisha County, Shache County to the east, by Tashkurgan County to the south. The west and south-west are connected with the Kyrgyzstan and the Tajikistan, the border line is more than 380 kilometers long.
context_section_description: Akto County (also as Aketao; Chinese: 阿克陶县; pinyin: Ākètáo Xiàn) is a county in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. It is under the administration of the Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture of Kizilsu. The county has two towns, 11 townships, four state-owned farms and a plant nursery under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Akto Town. The county contains an area of 24,555 km² (9,481 sq mi) and has a population of 231,756 (as of 2017).
  Akto is the westernmost border county of China. A point north of the Markansu River (瑪爾坎蘇河) on the China–Tajikistan border is the westernmost point of China. The county is located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, east of the Pamir Plateau, and the western edge of the Tarim Basin. It is located between 73°26'5" - 76°43'31" east longitude and 37°41'28" - 39°29'55" north latitude. It is bordered by Wuqia County and Shufu County to the north, by Shule County and 41st Regiment of the XPCC across Yuepuhu River (岳普湖河) to the northeast, by Yingjisha County, Shache County to the east, by Tashkurgan County to the south. The west and south-west are connected with the Kyrgyzstan and the Tajikistan, the border line is more than 380 kilometers long.
caption: Location of the county (red) in Kizilsu Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
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