Kangsu Town
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Kangsu Town
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  Kangsu Town Location of the town | |
| Coordinates: 39°43′35″N 75°01′45″E / 39.7263065362°N 75.0291286592°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Kizilsu |
| County | Wuqia |
| Area | |
• Total | 22 km2 (8 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 5,831 |
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| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Website | www |
Kangsu Town (simplified Chinese: 康苏镇; traditional Chinese: 康蘇鎮; pinyin: Kāngsū Zhèn) is a town of Wuqia County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the middle of the county, 23 km away west of Wuqia Town. The town covers an area of 22 square kilometers with a population of 5,831 (as of 2017) and 4 communities under itsjurisdiction. The town of Kangsu is the main industrial mining area in Kizilsu Prefecture, mainly coal mining, cement, power generation, mining machinery and building materials.[2]
Kangsu Town was first established in May 1958, and the Kangsu Mining Area (康苏矿区) was established after the town's amalgamating to Kangsu Iron and Steel Plant (康苏钢铁厂) in the next year. The town was restored from the Kangsu Mining Area in October 1984. Kangsu Town is located along the main road of transportation with a history of more than 2,000 years, it has been an important transit point for the "Silk Road Economic Belt" since ancient times. In the 1960s and 1970s, There were three state-owned enterprises of Qianjin Coal Mine (前进煤矿), Kangsu Cement Plant (康苏水泥厂) and Kangsu Thermal Power Plant (康苏火电厂) with more than 20,000 workers of various types participated in the construction. Kangsu became a veritable industrial town in southern Xinjiang and played an important role in the history of Xinjiang's industry.[1]