The Battle of Toksun took place in this county in July 1933 when Khoja Niyas Hajji, a Uighur leader, defected with his forces to Governor Sheng Shicai. He advanced to Toksun via Dawan Ch'eng, where the Chinese Muslim forces of General Ma Shih-ming achieved victory over Niyas Hajji's forces.[10]
In December 2010, Zeng Lingquan (曾令权), who ran an adoption agency for the physically and mentally disabled with no operation license in Sichuan, was arrested. Zeng reportedly sent the mentally ill to work in a factory run by Li Xinglin (李兴林) where they were enslaved and worked year round (instead of seasonally as with other local factories) in unsafe conditions at the Jia'ersi Green Construction Material Chemical Factory (佳尔思绿色建材化工厂) in Kümüx.[11][12]
In 2017, Radio Free Asia reported that a police officer in Toksun County had said that all Uyghurs who wished to travel abroad were required to attend political indoctrination education organized by the county government.[13]
Geography and Climate
Toksun County's location in the bottom of the Turpan Depression and an average rainfall of just 3.9 mm (0.15 in) annually, the least precipitation of any area in China,[4] make it a very hot place during summertime. On July 31, 1964, the highest recorded temperature was 53.3 °C (127.9 °F), which is the highest reliable temperature, recorded during standard conditions anywhere in China.[citation needed] The county is bordered to the south by Yuli County.
Climate data for Toksun, elevation 50 m (160 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Irrigation in the county is well-developed. Agricultural products of the county include sorghum, wheat, muskmelon, peanuts and cotton. Specialty products include Hami melon and raisins. Industries include electronics, coal, machinery, construction, etc.[22]
As of 2015, 96,439 of the 124,040 residents of Toksun County were Uyghur, 18,600 were Han Chinese, 8,539 were Hui and 462 were from other ethnic groups.[24]
According to a 2002 estimate, it then had a population of 110,000.[citation needed]
As of the 2000 Census, the county counted 52,346 males and 49,804 females and 83.65% of the population of the county were from ethnic minority groups.[25]
As of 1999, 77.03% of the population of Toksun County were Uyghur and 15.51% of the population was Han Chinese.[26]
^ ab托克逊县概况. 新疆托克逊县人民政府 (in Simplified Chinese). 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020 – via Internet Archive. 总面积16561平方公里。{...}共有8个乡镇（场）、44个村（队）、13个社区。
^ ab1997年托克逊县行政区划 [1997 Toksun County Administrative Divisions]. XZQH.org (in Simplified Chinese). 11 January 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2020. 面积17342平方千米，人口10.1万，其中维吾尔族占76.5％，另有汉、回等10多个民族。辖3镇4乡
^Ligaya Mishan (13 September 2019). "Uighur Noodles, Terrifically Chewy and Earthy, at Nurlan in Flushing, Queens". New York Times. Retrieved 11 May 2020. "Soup is soup; laghman is laghman," said Adil Nurdun, who grew up in Toksun County, south of Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi, and runs the restaurant with Arkin Ali, a native of Aksu Prefecture to the west, bordering Kyrgyzstan.
^ ab托克逊县历史沿革 (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2020. 2000年第五次人口普查，托克逊县常住总人口102150人，{...}2010年第六次人口普查，托克逊县常住总人口118221人，其中：托克逊镇29657人，库米什镇1389人，库加依镇3170人，阿乐惠镇3576人，夏乡25182人，郭勒布依乡18865人，伊拉湖乡15165人，博斯坦乡21217人。2013年，自治区政府（新政函[2013]206号）批准同意撤销伊拉湖乡，设立伊拉湖镇。调整后，全县辖5个镇、3个乡：托克逊镇、库米什镇、库加依镇、阿乐惠镇、伊拉湖镇、夏乡、郭勒布依乡、博斯坦乡。
^3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 [3-7 Population by Nationality by Prefecture, State, City and County (City)]. tjj.xinjiang.gov.cn (in Chinese). Statistical Bureau of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 2020-06-10. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
^3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 (in Simplified Chinese). Statistic Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
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