The Yining (Gulja) County (Uyghur: غۇلجاناھىيىسى،جېلىليۈزى;Chinese: 伊宁县; pinyin: Yīníng Xiàn) is a county within the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. The county seat is in the town of Jélilyüzi (Uyghur: جېلىليۈزى;吉里于孜, Jílǐyúzī).
Yining County does not include the adjacent City of Yining, which is a county-level administrative unit in its own right.
The county land area is 4486 km², with the population of 360,000 people as of 2004.[1]
A larger area (around 4580 km²) and population (400,000) was reported for the county 2000; this decrease, and the corresponding increase of area and population for the City of Yining resulted from the transfer of the villages of Dadamtu (Uyghur: دادامتۇ;达达木图, Dádámùtú) and Penjim (Uyghur: پەنجىم;潘津, Pānjīn), with 100.45 km² of land, from the County to the City in 2004.
History [edit]
The county was created in 1888, and was originally known as Ningyuan (宁远, Níngyuǎn) County. It received its present name in 1914.[2]
In 1952, the City of Yining was separated from Yining County into a separate county-level administrative unit.[3]
References [edit]
- ^ Administrative division of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese)
- ^ Yining County info, at the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture government site. (Chinese)
- ^ About the history of Yining City and Huocheng County (Chinese)
External links [edit]
- County Government (Chinese)
- Map of Yining County (Borders shown as they were before the transfer of the villages of Dadamtu (Uyghur: دادامتۇ يېزىسى;Template:Lang-zh-Hans-CN on the map) and Penjim(Uyghur: پەنجىم يېزىسى;Template:Lang-zh-Hans-CN on the map) to the City of Yining in 2004) (Chinese)
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Coordinates: 43°54′N 81°21′E / 43.900°N 81.350°E
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