Xinyuan County
Künas County
新源县 · كۈنەس ناھىيىسى · ᡍᡈᡊᡎᡉᠰ ᠱᡅᡕᠠᠨ | |
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![]() 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°ECoordinates: 43°26′02″N 83°13′58″E / 43.4339°N 83.2328°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
Autonomous prefecture | Ili |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Xinyuan | |||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 新源县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 新源縣 | ||||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 巩乃斯县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 鞏乃斯縣 | ||||||||||
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Mongolian name | |||||||||||
Mongolian script | ᡍᡈᡊᡎᡉᠰ ᠱᡅᡕᠠᠨ | ||||||||||
Uyghur name | |||||||||||
Uyghur | كۈنەس ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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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:
N | Uyghur Name | Uyghur latin alphabet Name | English name | Chinese name | Number of communities | Population (thousand) | Land area (km2) |
1 | Künes Baziri | Kunes Town | 新源镇 | 10 | 51.5 | 270 | |
2 | Zékti Baziri | Zekti Town | 则克台镇 | 6 | 24.6 | 503 | |
3 | Almali Baziri | Almali Town | 阿勒玛勒镇 | 5 | 16 | 72 | |
4 | Araltöpe Baziri | Araltope Town | 阿热勒托别镇 | 7 | 27 | 897.7 | |
5 | Kengsu Baziri | Kengsu Town | 坎苏镇 | 5 | 10.9 | 374.3 | |
6 | Narat Baziri | Narat Town | 那拉提镇 | 9 | 27.6 | 1,984 | |
7 | Taldi Baziri | Taldi Town | 塔勒德镇 | 11 | 23.4 | 1,164.3 | |
8 | Shorbulaq Baziri | Shorbulaq Town | 肖尔布拉克镇 | 8 | 9.3 | 268 | |
9 | Qarabora Baziri | Qarabora Town | 喀拉布拉镇 | 8 | 20.6 | 633.3 |
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:
N | Uyghur Name | Uyghur latin alphabet Name | English name | Chinese name | Number of communities | Population (thousand) | Land area (km2) |
1 | Beshtöpe Yézisi | Beshtope Township | 别斯托别乡 | 15 | 28.9 | 783 | |
2 | Türgén Yézisi | Turgen Township | 吐尔根乡 | 3 | 11.5 | 200 |
References[]
Categories:
- County-level divisions of Xinjiang
- Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
- Xinjiang geography stubs