'Artux' (
simplified Chinese: 阿图什;
traditional Chinese: 阿圖什;
pinyin: Ātúshí;
Uyghur: Atush Shehiri) is a
county-level city in
Xinjiang. The area is 15,509 km² and the total population is 200,000 (2002). Artux is the seat of
Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture.
Is situated south of the
Tianshan mountains, in the northwest part of the
Tarim Basin.
The city's annual mean temperature is 12 ℃, precipitation 80 millimeters.
Artux's economy is primarily agriculture, the agricultural
products are mainly cotton, grapes, and sheep.