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Akto

Akto proper noun: a county of Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

akto: a county of Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China
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Proper noun

Akto

  1. A county of Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • In 1990 a fight between armed locals and the police and military flared up in Baren, in Akto, near Kashgar, in which at least 22 people were killed, of whom six were members of the security forces; some sources say the locals had intended to initiate an armed uprising.1992, “Xinjiang: Unquiet Spring”, in Tibet Information Network (Background Papers on Tibet), page 51
    • In April 1990 a group of Kyrgyz started a riot at Baren in Akto county, which led to exchanges of fire and a number of deaths.1994, Peter Fedinand, editor, The New States of Central Asia and their Neighbours, Council on Foreign Relations Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 100
    Synonyms:
    Aketao, Aqtu, Aktu

Examples of Akto in a sentence

  • The Akto region is a part of China that has been rocked with conflict.2000, Paul Hattaway, Operation China: Introducing all the Pooples of China, Piquant, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 31:
  • This was a boon for the PRC as there had been increasingly violent incidents in Xinjiang since the 1990 Baren Incident in Akto county, which borders Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.2019, Tak-ling Terry Woo, “Religion and Politics in the People's Republic of China: An Appraisal of Continuing Mistrust and...

Synonyms of Akto

Origin of Akto

From ئاقتو.

Questions about Akto

What does Akto mean?
Akto means a county of Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
How do you use Akto in a sentence?
The Akto region is a part of China that has been rocked with conflict.
What part of speech is Akto?
Akto is a proper noun.

Words near Akto in the dictionary

  1. Akther
  2. Akthers
  3. aktionsart
  4. aktionsarten
  5. aktionsarts
  6. Akto
  7. Aktobe
  8. aktograph
  9. aktographs
  10. akton
  11. akuammine

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