Kalpin County

Kalpin County 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.

Kalpin County
  • كەلپىن ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)
  • 柯坪县 (Chinese)
Kelpin, Koping
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
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureAksu
County seatKalpin Town
Area
  Total8,912 km2 (3,441 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total50,619
  Density5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
  Major ethnic groupsUyghur
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.xjkpx.gov.cn (in Chinese)
Kalpin County
Uyghur name
Uyghurكەلپىن ناھىيىسى
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese柯坪
Traditional Chinese柯坪
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