Kulansarak


Kulansarak is a township of Akqi County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the northeast of the county, it covers an area of 1,594 kilometres with a population of 4,498, the main ethnic group is Kyrgyz. The township has 5 administrative villages and 9 unincorporated villages under jurisdiction, its seat is at Jildiz Village.
The name of Kulansa rak was from the Kyrgyz language, meaning yellow grass beach with wild horses. It is said that there were wild horses perched here, so that it was named after that. The township is located in the northeast of the county, 33 kilometers northeast of the county seat Akqi Town.

History

It was formerly part of the 1st district in 1950, Hulangshan Commune was established in 1958, and renamed to Xiangyang Commune, Kulansarak Commune in 1978. It was organized as a township in 1984.

Administrative divisions

The main industries in the township are planting and animal husbandry, wheat, corn, broad beans, hemp and rape are the main products. It is one of the main grain and edible oil producing areas in the county. There are roads link to the provincial road S306.