Yining County ( zh, s=伊宁县) as the official romanized name, also
transliterated from Uyghur as Gulja County (; zh, s=固勒扎县), is a county within 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 ...
of the
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC: previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest of the country at the crossroads ...
of China. The county seat is in the town of Jëlilyüzi.
Yining County does not include the adjacent city of
Yining, which is a county-level administrative unit in its own right.
The county land area is 4486 km², with a population of 360,000 people as of 2004.
A larger area (around 4580 km²) and a population of 400,000 was reported for the county in 2000; this decrease and the corresponding increase of area and population for the City of
Yining resulted from the transfer of the villages of Dadamtu (, ; zh, s=达达木图, p=Dádámùtú, labels=no) and Penjim (, ; zh, s=潘津, p=Pānjīn, labels=no), with of land, from the County to the City in 2004.
Administrative divisions
Yining County is divided into 8
towns
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
, 9
townships, 1
ethnic township.
Other:
Central Farm of 70th Regiment (兵团七十团中心团场)
Climate
History
The territories were inhabited by
Turkic tribes from early history. The name Kuldga was first mentioned at the period of Turkik Khanate. When the Uyghur tribes, led by Pen Tekin, left to the west, part of the Yaglakar tribe, which was part of the Uyghur tribal union, left with them.
Chagatai Khan
Chagatai Khan (; – 1242) was a son of Genghis Khan and a prominent figure in the early Mongol Empire. The second son of Genghis's wife Börte, Chagatai was renowned for his masterful knowledge of Mongol custom and law, which he scrupulously ...
, the son of
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan (born Temüjin; August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, was the founder and first khan (title), khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongols, Mongol tribes, he launched Mongol invasions and ...
, placed the capital of his possessions here. These lands were ruled by the Dzungar until they were conquered in the middle of the 18th century by the Qing during the so-called third Oirat-Manchu war. For a long time, Gulja was the de facto administrative and military capital of Qing Xinjiang (literally "New Frontiers").
The county was created in 1888 and was originally known as Ningyuan ( zh, s=宁远, t=寧遠, p=Níngyuǎn, labels=no) County. It received its present name in 1914.
In 1952, the city of
Yining was separated from Yining County into a separate county-level administrative unit.
About the history of Yining City and Huocheng County
Notes
References
External links
County Government
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County-level divisions of Xinjiang
1888 establishments in China
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
Yining County