Aksu
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Aksu (atau biasanya dipanggil Ak-su, Akshu, Aqsu, Bharuka dan Po-lu-chia.) (Uyghur: ئاقسۇ/Ak̡su, Hanzi: 阿克苏) merupakan sebuah kota wilayah otonomi Xinjiang, Tiongkok. Aksu juga merupakan ibu kota dari Prefektur Aksu. Nama Aksu berarti harfiah "Air Putih".
Pada tahun 2002, kota yang terletak di selatan pegunungan Tian Shan, memiliki jumlah penduduk sebanyak 560.000 jiwa, penduduknya kebanyakan bersuku Han, di daerah kota berpenduduk 362.000 jiwa. Ekonomi utamanya ialah pertanian. Industri utamanya ialah semen, bahan kimia, dan tekstil.
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Hill, John E. 2003. "Annotated Translation of the Chapter on the Western Regions according to the Hou Hanshu." 2nd Draft Edition. [1]
- Puri, B. N. Buddhism in Central Asia, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited, Delhi, 1987. (2000 reprint).
- Stein, Aurel M. 1907. Ancient Khotan: Detailed report of archaeological explorations in Chinese Turkestan, 2 vols. Clarendon Press. Oxford. [2]
- Stein, Aurel M. 1921. Serindia: Detailed report of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China, 5 vols. London & Oxford. Clarendon Press. Reprint: Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass. 1980. [3]
- Yu, Taishan. 2004. A History of the Relationships between the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Western Regions. Sino-Platonic Papers No. 131 March, 2004. Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania.