Manas County is a county in the
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly 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 ...
under the administration of the
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture ( zh, s=昌吉回族自治州; ug, سانجى خۇيزۇ ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى) is an autonomous prefecture for Hui people in the middle north of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Western China. The ...
. 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
Manasi River
The Manasi River (, ug, ماناس دەرياسى also called Manas) is in the south of Dzungarian Basin, Xinjiang, China.
Historically, the Manas River crossed a large section of the Gurbantünggüt Desert
The Gurbantünggüt Desert ( kk, Құ ...
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 Dungan may refer to:
* Donegan, an Irish surname, sometimes spelled Dungan
* Dungan people, a group of Muslim people of Hui origin
** Dungan language
** Dungan, sometimes used to refer to Hui Chinese people generally
* Dungan Mountains in Sibi Dist ...
) population."
[Lattimore, Owen (1930) ''High Tartary'' Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. p. 43.]
Climate
See also
*
1906 Manasi earthquake
References
Transport
Manas is served by
China National Highway 312
China National Highway 312 (312国道), also referred to as Route 312 or The Mother Road, is a key east-west route beginning in Shanghai and ending at Khorgas, Xinjiang in the Ili River valley, on the border with Kazakhstan. In total it spans ...
, the
Northern Xinjiang
Dzungaria (; from the Mongolian words , meaning 'left hand') is a geographical subregion in Northwest China that corresponds to the northern half of Xinjiang. It is thus also known as Beijiang, which means "Northern Xinjiang". Bounded by the A ...
and the
Second Ürümqi-Jinghe Railways.
Notable persons
*
Shewket Imin
Shewket Imin ( ug, شەۋكەت ئىمىن; ; born December 1959) is a Chinese politician of Uyghur origin, currently serving as chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
He was a delega ...
(
:ug:شاۋكەت ئىمىن)
County-level divisions of Xinjiang
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
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