Why visit Wensu
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks, 5 parks and trails and 1 place to stay in and around town.
Weather in Wensu
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About Wensu
Wensu County (Chinese: 温宿县), also known as Onsu County (Uyghur: ئونسۇ ناھىيىسى, romanized: Onsu Nahiyisi), is a county in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, under the administration of Aksu Prefecture, bordering Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Region to the northwest. It has an area of 14,309 km2 (5,525 sq mi).
From the Wikipedia article Wensu County (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks2
Parks, trails and playgrounds5
Where to stay1
Gas and EV charging1
History
On May 29, 1958, Wensu County was eliminated and its territory made part of Aksu County. In 1962, Wensu County was restored.
In a Radio Free Asia interview, a Han Chinese staffer in the Wensu County local government said that in July 2017, a policy to affix QR codes to all knives belonging to Uyghurs was being carried out.
As of March 2018, every cadre in the county was required to spend eight days a month at the home of villagers.
In the late 2010s, Wensu County was the site of vocational education and training centers (also understood as deradicalization centers, re-education camps or concentration camps). According to a Radio Free Asia interview with an officer at the Wensu county police station, as of August 2018, 30,000 persons, or about one in six Uyghurs in the county (approximately 16% of the overall population of the county), were detained in re-education camps.
From the History section of Wensu County on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schools, colleges and libraries12
Healthcare3
Map of Wensu
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Getting there and nearby towns
Aksu Hongqipo Airport (AKU) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 5 km away.
- Aqsu 11 km south, about 11 min by car
- Aykol 36 km south, about 36 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- 天山-托木尔峰Tomur - panoramio, landagent, CC BY-SA 3.0
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