Xinyuan County

Künas County 新源县 · كۈنەس ناھىيىسى · ᡍᡈᡊᡎᡉᠰ ᠱᡅᡕᠠᠨ
County
A snowy valley in Xinyuan
Xinyuan County (red) within Ili Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Xinyuan Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 43°26′02″N 83°13′58″E / 43.4339°N 83.2328°E / 43.4339; 83.2328Coordinates: 43°26′02″N 83°13′58″E / 43.4339°N 83.2328°E / 43.4339; 83.2328
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Autonomous prefecture	Ili
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Xinyuan County (Chinese: 新源县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Künas County (Uighur: كۈنەس ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 巩乃斯县), is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. 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 upstream. "Xinyuan" means "New Headstream" in Chinese.^[1]

Administrative divisions[]

There are 9 towns in Kunas County, which are as follows:

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 .^[2]
• 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 .^[3]
• 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 .

There are 2 townships in Kunas County, which are as follows:

References[]

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