AKSU (White Water)
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V01,
Page 458
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:AKSU (See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White See also:Water)
, a See also:town of the See also:Chinese See also:empire, Eastern See also:Turkestan, in 41° 7' N. and 79° 7' E. of Uch-Turfan and 270 M
.
N.E. of Yarkand, near the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Aksu See also:river, which takes its origin in the T'ien-shan (Tian-shan) mountains and joins the See also:Tarim
.
It belongs to the See also:series of oases (Uch-Turfan, Bai, Koucha, &c.) situated at the See also:southern See also:foot of the eastern T'ien-shan mountains
.
The town, which is supposed to have about 6000 houses, is enclosed by a See also:wall
.
It is an important centre for See also:caravan routes and has a considerable See also:trade
.
There are some See also:cotton manufactures; and the See also:place is celebrated for its richly ornamented See also:saddlery made from deerskin
.
A Chinese See also:garrison is stationed here, and See also:copper and See also:iron are wrought in the neighbourhood by exiled Chinese criminals
.
Extensive See also:cattle-breeding is carried on by the inhabitants
.
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