The historical facts of Kirgiz ancestors were recorded more than 2000 years ago. Kirgiz people mainly live in the western border of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, between the eastern Pamirs, the southern Tianshan Mountains and the northern Kunlun Mountains. The Kirgiz population in China is only over 66,000 in 1949. After 1950s, the Kirgiz population increased rapidly. By the time of 1990 census, there were1435.37 million people in China. Among them, there are139,7810000 people in Xinjiang, accounting for about 99% of the total population of Kirgiz in China. Fuyu County in Heilongjiang Province is inhabited by 145 1 Kirgiz (forced to move from Xinjiang in the Qing Dynasty). In addition, Kirgiz in Inner Mongolia11,Kirgiz in Beijing 27, Kirgiz in Guangdong 25, and a few in other places. The Kirgiz people in Xinjiang mainly live in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with a population of Kirgiz 1.0 1.6 million, accounting for 77.8% of the total population of Kirgiz people. In addition, Urumqi has 92 1 person; Aksu area in southern Xinjiang is 80 1 1 person, including 3,595 in Wensu county, 3,064 in Wushi county and 0/027 in Baicheng county. There are 4 159 people in Kashgar, including 1436 people in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County. There are 1.520 people in Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture in northern Xinjiang, including 6,998 people in Tex County, 3,550 people in Zhaosu County and 1.527 people in Tacheng City. There is also a small distribution in other areas.

Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture was established in July 1954, and governs four counties including Wuqia, Aqiqi, Artux, Akto and Kangsu mining areas. "Kizilsu" is the name of the river, meaning "red water", which flows through the territory of the autonomous prefecture, hence the name. Located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, it is adjacent to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the west and north, with a border line of 1 100 kilometers. The east is connected with Wushi and Keping counties in Aksu area; In the south, it borders Bachu, Jiashi, shache, Shufu, Yengisar and Tashkurgan Autonomous Counties in Kashgar. Quanzhou is about 500 kilometers long from east to west and 140 kilometers long from north to south, covering an area of 70,900 square kilometers.

Product resources

Kirgiz people are mainly distributed in mountainous areas. There are many natural pastures on both sides of the valley and river, which are rich in pasture and abundant in water, which are most suitable for livestock growth. Its main livestock varieties are sheep, goats, horses, camels, cattle, cows, yaks, donkeys and so on. Animal products mainly include all kinds of skins, wool, cashmere, casing, horse hair, ponytail, cheese, ghee and so on. In addition, the mountainous areas are rich in mineral resources. At present, there are dozens of minerals such as iron, copper, lead, petroleum, coal, salt, asbestos, crystal, mica, sulfur, gypsum, mirabilite and rare metals, with more than 0/00 of/kloc, among which iron reserves rank first in southern Xinjiang. There are many large areas of forests in mountainous areas. There are many kinds of trees, such as elm, birch, spruce and larch. Wild plants are distributed in mountainous areas and plains, such as Ferula, Glycyrrhiza, Codonopsis pilosula, Fritillaria, Notopterygium, Angelica, Lithospermum, Wild Hemp, Reed, Pollen Typhae, Pleurotus ostreatus and so on. Wild animals include big-headed sheep, snow sweepers, wild yaks, bears, leopards, deer, wolves, foxes, antelopes, muskrats, snow chickens and pheasants. In the alluvial plain of low mountains, the soil is fertile, the rivers are vertical and horizontal, and the products are extremely rich. Rich crops are corn, wheat, rice, highland barley, cotton, rivers, flax, sesame and so on. There are also many varieties of melons and fruits, mainly figs, peaches, apricots, pears, plums, grapes, apples, pomegranates, badan, walnuts, watermelons, melons (cantaloupes) and so on. Among them, the fig of Artux is a famous specialty in Xinjiang.