Xinyuan County ( zh, s=新源县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Künas County (; zh, s=巩乃斯县, p=Gǒngnǎisī xiàn), is a county in 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 ...

and is under the administration of 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 ...

. It contains an area of 7,581 km². According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 290,000. The county is served by Xinyuan Nalati Airport.

Name

The county's original name Künes was changed into Xinyuan in 1946 after the county established its seat on the

Künes River The Künes River (, ), generally known in English as the Kunges River (; zh, 巩乃斯河, ), iswith the Tekes Riverone of the two main tributaries that form the Ili River in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It originates in the easte ...

() upstream. "Xinyuan" means "New

Headstream The headwater of a river or stream is the geographical point of its beginning, specifically where surface runoff water begins to accumulate into a flowing channel of water. A river or stream into which one or many tributary rivers or streams flo ...

" in Chinese.

Administrative divisions

Xinyuan County is divided into 9

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 ...

and 2 townships.

Demographics

Note: *1. On October 21, 2014, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, it was renamed the original Almali Township to Almali Town. *2. On July 13, 2016, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, it was renamed the original Kansu Township to Kansu Town.ش ئۇ ئا ر خەلق ھۆكۈمىتىنىڭ تەستىقنامىسى(كەڭسۇ بازىرى)
/ref> *3. On March 30, 2012, with the approval of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the original Karabora Township was renamed Karabora Town.

Climate

Notes

References

County-level divisions of Xinjiang Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Long stubs with short prose {{Xinjiang-geo-stub