Yizhou District, Hami

Yizhou

伊州区 • ئىۋىرغول رايونى
Yizhou 伊州区 • ئىۋىرغول رايونى
District
	Location of Yizhou (red) in Hami (yellow) and Xinjiang
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Xinjiang
Prefecture-level city	Komul
Township-level divisions	3 subdistricts; 2 towns; 7 townships
Municipal seat	Sherqi osteng Subdistrict (东河区街道)
Population (2010)
• Total	472,175
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Yizhou (Uighur: ئىۋىرغول رايونى, romanized: Iwirghol; Chinese: 伊州^[1]^[2]; pinyin: Yīzhōu) is the central district of the Hami prefecture-level city, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Its population was 472,175 at the end of 2010. It was known as Hami county-level city until February 2016, when it was merged with the Hami Prefecture to form the Hami prefecture-level city and the county-level city was renamed Yizhou District. Xingxingxia (Singsingsia) town (星星峡镇) is located on the border with Gansu.

On February 4, 2021, the city of , along with several farms and ranches belonging to XPCC were separated from Yizhou District, and formed an independent county-level city.

Demographics[]

The statistic below also includes the now independent City.

The proportion of nationalities in Yizhou (Iwirghol) District
Nationality			Percentage
Han People			68.4%
Uyghurs			23.5%
Hui People			3.9%
Kazakhs			3.0%
Mongols			0.3%
Others			0.9%
Source of the population statistics :^[3]

References[]

^ E. Bretschneider (1876). Notices of the Mediæval Geography and History of Central and Western Asia. Trübner & Company. pp. 110–.
^ Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The Branch. 1876. pp. 184–.
^ 3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 [3-7 Population by Nationality by Prefecture, State, City and County (City)]. tjj.xinjiang.gov.cn (in Chinese). Statistical Bureau of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 2020-06-10. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-06-11.

Coordinates: 42°49′50″N 93°30′19″E / 42.8306°N 93.5053°E / 42.8306; 93.5053

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[Bretschneider1876-1] E. Bretschneider (1876). Notices of the Mediæval Geography and History of Central and Western Asia. Trübner & Company. pp. 110–.

[2] Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The Branch. 1876. pp. 184–.

[3] 3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 [3-7 Population by Nationality by Prefecture, State, City and County (City)]. tjj.xinjiang.gov.cn (in Chinese). Statistical Bureau of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 2020-06-10. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-06-11.

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