Kalpin County

Kalpin County
Kalpin County
Uyghur name
Uyghur	كەلپىن ناھىيىسى‎
Latin Yëziqi
Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi	Kelpin Nahiyisi
Yengi Yeziⱪ	Kəlpin Nah̡iyisi
SASM/GNC	Kalpin Nahiyisi
Siril Yëziqi	Келпин Наһийиси
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	柯坪县
Traditional Chinese	柯坪縣
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Kēpíng Xiàn
Wade–Giles	Kʻo¹-pʻing² Hsien⁴

Kalpin County

كەلپىن ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)
柯坪县 (Chinese)
Kelpin, Koping
Kalpin County كەلپىن ناھىيىسى (Uyghur); 柯坪县 (Chinese); Kelpin, Koping
County
	Location of Kalpin County (red) within Aksu Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
	Kalpin County Location of the seat Kalpin County Kalpin County (China)
	Coordinates: 40°26′36″N 79°02′28″E / 40.44333°N 79.04111°E
Country	China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Prefecture	Aksu
County seat	Kalpin Town
Area
• Total	8,912 km2 (3,441 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	50,619
• Density	5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
• Major ethnic groups	Uyghur
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.xjkpx.gov.cn (in Chinese)

Kalpin County^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Aksu Prefecture. The overwhelmingly Uyghur population of the county lives on oases at the base of the Tian Shan mountains and on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert.

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[2] Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties

[4] The official spelling is "Kalpin" according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, SinoMaps Press 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 305.

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Kalpin County كەلپىن ناھىيىسى (Uyghur) 柯坪县 (Chinese) Kelpin, Koping
County

Location of Kalpin County (red) within Aksu Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Kalpin County Location of the seat Show map of Xinjiang Kalpin County Kalpin County (China) Show map of China
Coordinates: 40°26′36″N 79°02′28″E / 40.44333°N 79.04111°E / 40.44333; 79.04111
Country	China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Prefecture	Aksu
County seat	Kalpin Town
Area ^[1]
• Total	8,912 km² (3,441 sq mi)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	50,619
• Density	5.7/km² (15/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
• Major ethnic groups	Uyghur^[1]
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard^[a])
Website	www.xjkpx.gov.cn (in Chinese)