Akto Town
Akto Town () is a town and the county seat of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the northeast of the county, the town covers an area of 136 square kilometers with a population of 21,560 (as of 2017). It has 19 communities and 9 villages under its jurisdiction, its seat is at "Gongbaitierik" (). Name. The name of Akto is from Kyrgyz language, meaning “White Mountain” () and named after the oasis located under a snowy mountain. Geography. The town of Akto is located in the middle of the alluvial fan of the Kushan River () and  its terrain is slowly inclined from the southwest to the northeast. The town is bordered by Pilal Township with the Baishikan Channel () to the north, by Yumai Township to the southeast and by Baren Township with the Qiereke Channel () to the west. Its maximum length is 11 kilometers west to east, the maximum length is 16 kilometers north to south, the total area is 136 square kilometers and the arable land area is 1,618.44 hectares. The town has an average elevation of 1,300 to 1,400 meters. It is a typical temperate continental arid climate with four distinct seasons, dry and  less rain, with an average annual temperature of 11.2 °C and a frost-free period of 221 days. Farmland is distributed near urban areas. Administrative divisions. The town has 19 communities and 9 villages under its jurisdiction.