Manas County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It covers an area of and census it had a population of 170,000.
The county seat is the old town of Manas, located on the Manas River just east of Shihezi.
Manass has been called: "the biggest city (after Urumchi) in the biggest oasis on the biggest river of the North Road, and the chief centre of the T'ung-kan (Т′уң-кан, Dungan) population."Lattimore, Owen (1930) High Tartary Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. p. 43.
Subdivisions Manas County is made up of 7 towns, 1 township, and 3 ethnic townships.
Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Uyghur (UEY) Uyghur Latin (ULY) Administrative division code NotesTowns Manas Town 652324100 Letuyi Town 652324101 Baojiadian Town 652324102 Liangzhouhu Town 652324103 Beiwucha Town 652324104 Liuhudi Town 652324105 Lanzhouwan Town 652324106 Township Guangdongdi Township 652324201 Ethnic townships Qingshuihezi Kazakh Ethnic Township 652324202 (Kazakh) Taxihe Kazakh Ethnic Township () () 652324203 (Kazakh) Hanqiazitan Kazakh Ethnic Township () () 652324204 (Kazakh)
Climate
Transport Manas is served by China National Highway 312, the Northern Xinjiang and the Second Ürümqi-Jinghe Railways.
Notable persons Shewket Imin
See also 1906 Manasi earthquake
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