Kizilto (ÃÂÃÂòÃÂÃÂêàÃÂÃÂòÃÂóÃÂ, Keziletao ) is a town of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the southeastern part of the county, the town covers an area of 3,882 square kilometers with a population of 9,700 (as of 2015). It has 12 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. Its seat is at Ordolung'ozu Village (, , ).
The name of Kizilto is from Kyrgyz language, meaning "red mountains" (). This place is named after the red mountain stone on the south side of the Yigzya River (). 'Kizil' ('kezile') means 'red' and 'to' ('tao') means 'mountain'. Other nearby places with the word 'kizil' (red) in their names include Kizilsu, Kizil Caves, and Kiziloy.
In 1966, Kizilto Commune () was established.
In 1967 during the Cultural Revolution, Kizilto Commune was renamed Hongxing Commune ('Red star commune' ).
In 1984, the commune became Kizilto Township.
In 2020, on December 30, the status of Kizilto Township was upgraded to the status of a town.
Kizilto Town is located to the south of county seat Akto Town and on the eastern slope of Kunlun Mountains, and between 75ð02â²- 76ð41â² east longitude and 38ð06â²- 38ð56â² north latitude. The town is bordered by Kizil Township of Yengisar County (Yingjisha) to the east, by Akdala Ranch and Qarlung Township to the south, by Bulungkol Township to the west, Wuqia Township of Yengisar County to the north. Its maximum distance between east and west is 105 kilometers, and the maximum distance between north and south 75 kilometers. The seat of the town is 98 kilometers away from the county seat of Akto Town. It has a total area of 3,882 square kilometers, including 318.7 hectares of arable land, 86.8 hectares of forest land and 143,000 hectares of grassland.
The average elevation of the town is 2,200 meters. The northwest is a cold mountain climate with an annual precipitation of 150âÂÂ200 mm. The southeast is a shallow mountain area, it is a temperate continental arid climate with an average annual temperature of 10.9 ðC and a frost-free period of 150 days. The main water system in the territory is the Yigzya River (). There are precious animals such as snow chicken, yellow sheep and argali, and there are rare plants such as wild snow lotus, codonopsis, angelica, gymnadenia conopsea, cynomorium, daphnia, comfrey and cistanche. Mineral resources include lead, zinc, iron, coal, marble and quartz.
The town of Kizilto has 12 villages under its jurisdiction.
, the population of Kizilto was 99.16% Kyrgyz.
The economy of the town is mainly animal husbandry, and there are more high-quality summer grasses on shallow hillsides and river valleys. It mainly grows food crops such as wheat, corn and highland barley.