Xinyuan County () as the official romanized name, also SASM/GNC romanization#Uyghur, transliterated from Uyghur as Künas County (; ), is a county in the Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 7,581 km². According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 290,000. The county is served by Xinyuan Nalati Airport.

Name

The county's original name Künes was changed into Xinyuan in 1946 after the county established its seat on the Künes River upstream. "Xinyuan" means "New Headstream" in Chinese.

Administrative divisions

There are 9 towns in Xinyuan (Kunas) County, which are as follows: Note: *1. On October 21, 2014, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, it was renamed the original Almali Township to Almali Town. *2. On July 13, 2016, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, it was renamed the original Kansu Township to Kansu Town.ش ئۇ ئا ر خەلق ھۆكۈمىتىنىڭ تەستىقنامىسى(كەڭسۇ بازىرى)
/ref> *3. On March 30, 2012, with the approval of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the original Karabora Township was renamed Karabora Town. There are 2 townships in Kunas County, which are as follows:

Climate

References

County-level divisions of Xinjiang Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture {{Xinjiang-geo-stub