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 1,454 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 (南大街).

History
It was formerly Uq (吾曲), part of the 1st district in 1950 and the 2nd district in 1954. The Uq Commune (吾曲公社) was established in 1962, and renamed to Hongqi Commune (红旗公社), 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 (友谊路社区) 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.


 * Jiankanglu Community 健康路社区
 * Hepinglu Community 和平路社区
 * Youyilu Community 友谊路社区
 * Nandajie Community 南大街社区
 * Yanhelu Community 沿河路社区
 * Uq Village 吾曲村
 * Piqan Village 皮昌村
 * Jolangqi Village 加朗奇村