Emin County

Emin County 额敏县 دۆربىلجىن ناھىيىسى Omin; Durbuldzin
County
Location of Emin County (red) within Tacheng Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Prefecture	Tacheng Prefecture
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Emin County, the official romanized name, also transliterated from Mongolian as Dörbiljin County, is a county situated in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Tacheng Prefecture, bordering Kazakhstan's districts of Tarbagatay and Zaysan. It has an area of 9,092 km² (3,510 sq mi) with a population of 200,000. The Postcode is 834600.

Geographically, the county is located on the southern slopes of the Tarbagatai Mountains and in the Emin Valley. The main watercourse is the Emin (Emil) River.

Name[]

The place was originally named Dörbiljin. In 1918, Yang Zengxin, the governor of Xinjiang, petitioned to have a county set up in the Emin Valley.^[1] The new county was named after the Emin (Emil) River.^[1]

Transportation[]

The Karamay–Tacheng Railway (under construction as of 2017) will serve Emin County. ^[2]

Administrative divisions[]

Town (镇)

• (额敏镇)

Townships (乡)

• (郊区乡) | (上户乡) | (玉什喀拉苏乡) | (杰勒阿尕什乡) | (玛热勒苏乡) | (喀拉也木勒乡) | (喇嘛昭乡) | (二道桥乡)

Ethnic Townships (民族乡)

• (额玛勒郭楞蒙古族乡) | (霍吉尔特蒙古族乡)

Others

• (二支河牧场) | (加尔布拉克农场) | (阔什比克良种场) | (萨尔也木勒牧场) | (也木勒牧场) | (塔城地区种羊场) | (吾宗布拉克牧场) | (水丰兵团团结农场) | 农九师（红星岗兵团169团 | 锡伯提兵团166团 | 麦海因兵团167团 | 乌什水兵团168团 | 达因苏兵团165团）

References[]

Coordinates: 46°34′00″N 83°36′00″E / 46.5667°N 83.6°E / 46.5667; 83.6