Yining County ( zh, s=伊宁县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Gulja County ( ug, غۇلجا ناھىيىسى; zh, s=固勒扎县), is a county within the

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture ( kk, Іле Қазақ автономиялық облысы) (also as Yili) is an autonomous prefecture for Kazakh people in Northern Xinjiang, China, one of five autonomous prefectures in Xinjiang. Yining City ...

of 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 ...

of China. The county seat is in the town of Jélilyüzi ( ug, جېلىل يۈزى; zh, s=吉里于孜, p=Jílǐyúzī, labels=no). Yining County does not include the adjacent city of

Yining YiningThe official spelling according to (), also known as Ghulja ( ug, غۇلجا) or Qulja ( kk, قۇلجا) and formerly Ningyuan (), is a county-level city in Northwestern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China and the seat of the Ili Kazakh ...

, which is a county-level administrative unit in its own right. The county land area is 4486 km², with the population of 360,000 people as of 2004. A larger area (around 4580 km²) and population (400,000) was reported for the county 2000; this decrease and the corresponding increase of area and population for the City of

resulted from the transfer of the villages of Dadamtu ( ug, دادامتۇ, ; zh, s=达达木图, p=Dádámùtú, labels=no) and Penjim ( ug, پەنجىم, ; zh, s=潘津, p=Pānjīn, labels=no), with of land, from the County to the City in 2004.

Administrative divisions

ئىزاھات: *1. 2015-يىلى 7-ئاينىڭ 24-كۈنى شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونلۇق خەلق ھۆكۈمىتىنىڭ تەستىقلىشى بىلەن ئەسلىدىكى خۇدىياريۈزى يېزىسى خۇدىياريۈزى بازىرى قىلىپ ئۆزگەرتىلگەن. *2. 2016-يىلى 11-ئاينىڭ 20-كۈنى شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونلۇق خەلق ھۆكۈمىتىنىڭ تەستىقلىشى بىلەن ئەسلىدىكى ئارائۆستەڭ يېزىسى ئارائۆستەڭ بازىرى قىلىپ ئۆزگەرتىلگەن. *3. 2014-يىلى 10-ئاينىڭ 21-كۈنى شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونلۇق خەلق ھۆكۈمىتىنىڭ تەستىقلىشى بىلەن ئەسلىدىكى يېڭىتام يېزىسى يېڭىتام بازىرى قىلىپ ئۆزگەرتىلگەن. *4. 2016-يىلى 1-ئاينىڭ 9-كۈنى شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونلۇق خەلق ھۆكۈمىتىنىڭ تەستىقلىشى بىلەن ئەسلىدىكى بايتوقاي يېزىسى بايتوقاي بازىرى قىلىپ ئۆزگەرتىلگەن. غۇلجا ناھىيىسى قارمىقىدا 12 دانە يېزا بار بولۇپ، ئۇلار تۆۋەندىكىچە:

Climate

History

The territories were inhabited by turkik 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 ( Mongolian: ''; Čaɣatay''; mn, Цагадай, translit=Tsagadai; chg, , ''Čaġatāy''; ug, چاغاتاي خان, ''Chaghatay-Xan''; zh, 察合台, ''Chágětái''; fa, , ''Joghatây''; 22 December 1183 – 1 July 1242) ...

, the son of

Genghis Khan ''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr />Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan'' , birth_name = Temüjin , successor = Tolui (as regent)Ögedei Khan , spouse = , issue = , house = Borjigin , ...

, 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, p=Níngyuǎn, labels=no) County. It received its present name in 1914. In 1952, the city of

was separated from Yining County into a separate county-level administrative unit.About the history of Yining City and Huocheng County

References

External links

County Government
County-level divisions of Xinjiang 1888 establishments in China Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Yining County {{Xinjiang-geo-stub