Akqi Town
Akqi Town (also as "Aheqi Town"; ) is a town and the county seat of Akqi County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the middle of the county, it covers an area of l,454 kilometres with a population of 8,251 (as of 2018), of them are from Kyrgyz, Han and Uyghur peoples. The town has 2 communities, 3 administrative villages and 8 unincorporated villages under jurisdiction, its seat is at "Nandajie Street" (). History. It was formerly Uq (), part of the 1st district in 1950 and the 2nd district in 1954. The "Uq Commune" () was established in 1962 , and renamed to "Hongqi Commune" (), Uq Commune in 1978. It was organized as a town named it after Akqi County in 1984. Communities and villages. The town was divided into 2 communities and 3 villages in 2008. The community of Youyilu () was established in 2013, the two communities of Nandajie and Yanhelu were amalgamated in 2017. There are 5 communities and 3 villages under its jurisdiction.