Yining County (), also transliterated from Uyghur as Ghulja County (; ), is a county of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 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.Administrative division of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 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 (, ; ) and Penjim (, ; ), with of land, from the county to the city in 2004.
Administrative divisions Yining County is divided into eight towns, nine townships, and one ethnic township.
Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Uyghur (UEY) Uyghur Latin (ULY) Administrative division codeTowns Jëlilyüzi Town 654021100 Döngmazar Town 654021101 Yëngitam Town 654021102 Xudiyaryuzi Town 654021103 Baytoqay Town 654021104 Ara'östeng Town 654021105 Samyüzi Town 654021106 Qash Town 654021107 Uyghur Uchon Town 654021108 Onyar Town 654021109Townships Turpanyüzi Township 654021201 Qarayaghach Township 654021202 Ugung Township 654021203 Sadiqyüzi Township 654021204 Mazar Township 654021212 Ewliya Township 654021214 Chuluqay Township 654021215Ethnic township Uchon Hui Ethnic Township 654021201
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 Turkic 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, the son of Genghis Khan, 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 () County. It received its present name in 1914.Yining County info, at the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture government site.
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
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External links County Government