Kokdala or Cocodala is a city in northern

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

, China, bordering Kazakhstan's Almaty Region to the west. Administratively, it is a

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

under the direct administration of the regional government, though it is geographically located in the

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in northern Xinjiang, China. Its capital is Yining, also known as Ghulja or Kulja. Covering an area of 268,591 square kilometres (16.18 per cent of Xinjiang), Ili Prefecture shares ...

. Kokdala is the headquarter of the 4th Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and currently administered by the 4th Division. The city implemented the "division and city integration" ( 师市合一, ''shī shì héyī'') management system, it shares the same leader group with the 4th Division. On March 18, 2015, Kokdala was created as the eighth city of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The city covers a land area of 980 square km and has a population of around 80,000.

Administrative divisions

Kokdala contains 2 subdistricts, 5

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, and 1 core area:

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{{authority control County-level divisions of Xinjiang 2015 establishments in China Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Populated places in Xinjiang Socialist planned cities