Awat

A county of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Proper noun

  1. A county of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • Shajimuhan Momin, the director of the Yengierik township planning office in Awat county was visiting the family of Reyimjan Sadir to 'propagandise and educate his wife about family planning measures'. - 2004, Michael...
    • The field experiment was carried out in Awat county, located in west edge of Taklimakan desert, XinJiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. - 2008, Jurat Matruzi, Mamtimin Geni, Ilham Abdureyim, Xamxinur Abdikerem, “Relationship...
    • In October 2015, RFA reported that authorities in Awat county, Aksu prefecture, had forced 2 of the 109 Uyghurs forcibly deported from Thailand to participate in a film “as a deterrent to others in the area not to flee...
  2. A township in Maralbexi, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
  3. A town in Yarkant, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
  4. A township in Kashgar, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • The general pattern is that the closer a township is to Kashgar city, the lower the changes of finding a female donkey in a household. Qoghan, Bäshkeräm, Awat, Yengi-östeng and Döwletbagh are townships which are within...

Origin

From Uyghur ئاۋات (awat).

Synonyms

Awati A-wa-t'i