Kuitun

Studies on the 102 water wells containing high levels of fluoride and arsenic in the Kuitun area indicated that the high content was associated with the environment. Drinking the water for a long period of time may be the cause of fluorosis and arsenism seen in the local population.

2006, Michael I. Greenberg, “Chemical Events”, in Encyclopedia of Terrorist, Natural, and Man-Made Disasters, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, sourced from Wang G, Xiao B, Huang Y. Epidemiological studies on endemic fluorosis and arsenism in Xinjiang. [Chinese] Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 1995 and 29(1):30-33., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 35

Its headquarters is in Urumqi , the regional capital. It has established new cities, including Kuitun in 1975 and Shihezi in 1976, which has become the second-largest city in Xinjiang. It has its own armed police and citizen's militia, whose mission is to 'support the stability of Xinjiang'.

2009 July 23, Mark O'Neill, “Autonomous legion”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 May 2021