Aykol


Aykol Township is a township in Poskam County in the Kashgar Prefecture of Xinjiang, in northwestern China. Located west of the main office of Poskam County Office, it lies on the southern bank of the Yarkand River.

History

In 1961, Aykol Commune was established.
In 1984, Aykol Commune became Aykol Township.
In August 2013 at the end of Ramadan, violence erupted in Aykol.
On April 15, 2019, a farming cooperative was established in Bashösteng.

Administrative Divisions

Aykol includes fourteen villages and 69 village committees:
As of 2009, the villages of Aykol were:
A typical farming township, Aykol has an area of 3.65 million mu of cultivated land and is a major producer of grain, such as rice, wheat and corn, cotton, fruits and medicinal herbs.
In 2018, the township cultivated 12,000 mu of jujubes with an average of above 450 jin produced per mu.

Demographics

As of 1997, the population of Aykol was 75.8% Uyghur.