Wusu
Usu as the official romanized name and transliterated from Mongolian, also known as Wusu, is a county-level city with more than 100,000 residents in Xinjiang, China. It is a part of Tacheng Prefecture of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. Oil production is a major part of the economy while the county is an oasis in the Dzungarian Basin. Wusu lies between the major cities of Bole and Shihezi in Northern Xinjiang and west of Ürümqi and Kuitun, south of Karamay.
Usu
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Location of Wusu County (red) within Tacheng Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
Usu Location in Xinjiang Usu Usu (Xinjiang) Usu Usu (China) | |
| Coordinates: 44°25′08″N 84°42′50″E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Tacheng |
| Municipal seat | Xinshiqu Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,394.12 km2 (5,557.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 262,906 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 乌苏市 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 烏蘇市 | ||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Ус хот | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠤᠰᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ | ||||||
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| Uyghur | شىخۇ شەھىرى | ||||||
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| Kazakh | شيحۋ قالاسى Shıhý Шиху | ||||||
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