Artush

Artush
阿图什市 (Chinese)
ئاتۇش شەھىرى (Uyghur)
ارتىش شاارى (Kyrgyz)
Artux, Atush
Artush
Location in Xinjiang
Artush
Artush (Xinjiang)
Artush
Artush (China)
Coordinates (Artush municipal government): 39°42′58″N 76°10′06″E / 39.7162°N 76.1684°E / 39.7162; 76.1684
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
Autonomous prefectureKizilsu
Municipal seatGuangming Road Subdistrict
Area
  Total
15,697.78 km2 (6,060.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
290,936
  Density19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Demographics
  Major ethnic groups
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.xjats.gov.cn (in Chinese)
Artush
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese阿图什
Traditional Chinese阿圖什
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinĀtúshí
Wade–GilesA1-tʻu2-shih2
Uyghur name
Uyghurئاتۇش
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiAtush
Yengi YeziⱪAtux
SASM/GNCAtux
Siril YëziqiАтуш
Kyrgyz name
Kyrgyzارتىش
Артыш
Artysh

Artush (/ɑːrˈtʊʃ/ ar-TUUSH; also transliterated as Artux or Atush) is a county-level city and the capital of Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China. The government seat is in Guangming Road Subdistrict. As of 2018, it has a population of 285,507 people, 81.4 per cent of whom are Uyghurs.

Artush is the political, economic and cultural center of Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture.