After the Communist takeover, Poskam (Zepu) County was part of Yarkant Prefecture (莎車專區), which was dissolved and became part of Kashgar Prefecture in June 1956.[1]
In 1990, 'unauthorized' mosque construction in Poskam (Zepu) County was reported in the Xinjiang Daily.[16]
Chinese state media reported that in the early morning of October 24, 1999, two died, two were injured and major property damage was sustained at the Seyli (Saili) Township police office in a terrorist attack.[17][18]
On the morning of March 4, 2004, a fire broke out in the Kalatuzi coal mine killing at least six people.[14]
On March 12, 2005, several Uyghur students and their teachers were arrested after a fight with Han Chinese outside Poskam Petroleum No.1 Middle School.[19]
As reported by Radio Free Asia, on August 23, 2013, at least six Uyghurs (possibly twelve) were killed and twenty wounded in a raid carried out by about seventy to eighty armed security personnel on a place in Jigdejay village (Jigedaijiayi; جىگدەجاي كەنتى / 吉格代加依村38°05′33″N77°05′00″E / 38.092382°N 77.083273°E / 38.092382; 77.083273), Kuybagh (Kuiyibage) township near the edge of the desert thought to be a 'terrorist' or separatist training camp and munitions center.[20]
On August 27, 2018, Tong'an Township was established.[21] (See also: Kosrap)
In 2018, Poskam County was among ten counties in Xinjiang named by the Ministry of Commerce as a model rural e-commerce county.[22] The county was also listed as the only county in Kashgar Prefecture reaching the standard for a national-level public sanitation county.[23]
Irrigation is well-developed in the county, and the county is an important producer of wheat, rice, corn and cotton in southern Xinjiang. Grapes are a local speciality. Industries include mining, machinery, construction and cotton-spinning.[32] As of 2017, Poskam County had 42,405.25 hectares of arable land.[1] On January 14–15, 2020, Kashgar Prefecture officials carried out fourteen lectures in Poskam County on scientific methods of agriculture attended by more than 12,000 persons.[33]
Tourism
A tourist attraction located in the county is Jinhuyang National Forest Park, rated as a AAAAA Tourist Attractions of China according to the official classification for tourist sights.[34]
As of the end of 2016, 175,686 (84.1%) of the 208,950 residents of the county were Uyghur, 27,131 (13%) were Han Chinese, 4,463 (2.1%) were Mountain Tajik (China), and 1,670 (0.8%) were from other ethnic groups.[1]
As of 2015, 181,256 of the 223,694 residents of the county were Uyghur, 35,950 were Han Chinese, 4,452 were Mountain Tajik (China) and 2,036 were from other ethnic groups.[36]
According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 180,000.[citation needed]
As of the 2000 Census, ethnic minorities made up 79.38% of the population of Poskam County.[35]
As of 1999, 75.29% of the population of Poskam (Zepu) County was Uyghur and 20.76% of the population was Han Chinese.[37]
^From map: "DELINEATION OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED AUTHORITATIVE"
^From map: "The representation of international boundaries is not necessarily authoritative."
^From map: "The representation of international boundaries is not necessarily authoritative"
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^ abcd泽普县历史沿革. XZQH.org. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2020. 1921年置泽普县{...}2000年第五次人口普查，泽普县常住总人口181721人，{...}2003年，泽普县总面积999.66平方千米{...}2010年第六次人口普查，泽普县常住总人口206936人，其中：泽普镇31665人，奎依巴格镇10553人，塔里木油田公司18173人，波斯喀木乡20026人，依玛乡19628人，古勒巴格乡18571人，赛力乡16721人，依肯苏乡19340人，图呼其乡10359人，奎依巴格乡12713人，阿克塔木乡6652人，阿依库勒乡11728人，布依鲁克塔吉克族乡3564人，农场场部3776人，泽普县良种场1873人，园艺场1314人，国营林场280人。
^Yang Fan; Gulchehra Keyum (18 June 2013). "Gas Stations in Xinjiang Bar Veil-Wearing Muslim Women". Radio Free Asia. Translated by Luisetta Mudie; Mamatjan Juma. Retrieved 27 January 2020. A Uyghur woman in Kashgar's Poskam county said that dressing curbs for Muslim women were not new in her area, saying notices to the effect have been introduced even in hospitals and libraries.
^ ab"Photo Archive --- Date:20040306". People's Daily. 6 March 2004. Retrieved 12 April 2020. Coal fire in Xinjiang Members of a rescue contingent scrutinize their equipment before they descend into the well of a coal mine caught with fire in Posgam County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 5, 2004. A fire broke out at the Kalatuzi coal mine Thursday morning and six persons were found dead so far. The fire was caused by an inflamed electrical cable in the mine, according to local government sources.
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^Record of the Terrorist Activities of the "East Turkisan" Forces. 五洲传播出版社. 2002. p. [2]. ISBN7-5085-0106-3 – via Google Books. Early in the morning of October 24, 1999, terrorists attacked the police station in Saili Township, Zepu County, with guns, macheters, incendiary bottles and grenades. They shot one local security guard dead and wounded another, wounded a policeman and killed a criminal suspect in custody. After that, they burned ten rooms in the police station, and one jeep and three motorbikes belonging to the police. The Saili Township Police Station after it was attacked. An automobile burnt by the terrorists in the homicide-arson case in Zepu County.
^J. Todd Reed, Diana Raschke (2010). The ETIM: China's Islamic Militants and the Global Terrorist Threat. Praeger Publishing. p. 125. ISBN978-0-313-36540-9 – via Google Books. Early in the morning of October 24, 1999, terrorists attacked the police station in Saili Township, Zepu County, with guns, machetes, incendiary bottles and grenades. They shot one member of a local security guard dead and wounded another, wounded a policeman and killed a criminal suspect in custody. After that, they burned ten rooms, one jeep and three motorbikes belonging to the police station.
^关于同意泽普县设立桐安乡的批复（新政函[2018]150号）. 新疆民政 (in Simplified Chinese). 4 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020. 2018年8月27日，自治区人民政府同意泽普县设立桐安乡，乡人民政府驻英阿瓦提村，隶属泽普县管辖。
^2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：泽普县 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2020. 统计用区划代码 名称 653124100000 泽普镇 653124101000 奎依巴格镇 653124200000 波斯喀木乡 653124201000 泽普县依玛乡 653124202000 古勒巴格乡 653124203000 赛力乡 653124204000 依肯苏乡 653124205000 图呼其乡 653124206000 奎依巴格乡 653124207000 阿克塔木乡 653124208000 阿依库勒乡 653124209000 布依鲁克塔吉克族乡 653124210000 桐安乡 653124400000 农场场部 653124401000 泽普县良种场 653124402000 园艺场 653124403000 国营林场
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^""East Turkistan" Terrorist Forces Cannot Get Away with Impunity". Beijing: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. 21 January 2002. Retrieved 27 January 2020. On December 30, 1999, the police discovered an underground hideout in Poskam Township, Zepu County. In this hideout, which was 3 meters from the ground and measured 3 meters long, 2 meters wide and 1.7 meters high, they found tools for making explosive devices, such as electric drills and electric welding machines, as well as blueprints and antitank grenades.
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