Saparbay


Saparbay is a township of Akqi County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the east of the county, it covers an area of 2,066 kilometres with a population of 3,004, the main ethnic group is Kyrgyz. The township has 3 administrative villages and 7 unincorporated villages under jurisdiction, its seat is at Saparbay Village.
The name of "Saparbay" was from the Kyrgyz language, meaning "traffic main artery". The township is located in the east of the county, 25 kilometers east of the county seat Akqi Town.

History

It was formerly part of the 1st district in 1950 and part of the Hulangshan Commune in 1958, Saparbay Commune was established in 1962, it was renamed to Dongfanghong Commune in 1969 and back to the name of Saparbay Commune in 1978, the commune was re-organized as a township in 1984.

Administrative divisions

The township is located in the east of the county. agriculture and Animal husbandry are the main industries. The main crops are wheat, corn, vicia faba, sesame and rape. The provincial road S306 passes through the township.