Xinyuan County
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.
Xinyuan County
新源县 · كۈنەس ناھىيىسى | |
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 A snowy valley in Xinyuan | |
.png.webp) 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 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Autonomous prefecture | Ili |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 新源县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 新源縣 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 巩乃斯县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鞏乃斯縣 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur | كۈنەس ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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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 | كۈنەس بازىرى | Künes Baziri | Kunes Town | 新源镇 | 10 | 51.5 | 270 |
| 2 | زېكتى بازىرى | Zékti Baziri | Zekti Town | 则克台镇 | 6 | 24.6 | 503 |
| 3 | ئالمالى بازىرى | Almali Baziri | Almali Town | 阿勒玛勒镇 | 5 | 16 | 72 |
| 4 | ئارالتۆپە بازىرى | Araltöpe Baziri | Araltope Town | 阿热勒托别镇 | 7 | 27 | 897.7 |
| 5 | كەڭسۇ بازىرى | Kengsu Baziri | Kengsu Town | 坎苏镇 | 5 | 10.9 | 374.3 |
| 6 | نارات بازىرى | Narat Baziri | Narat Town | 那拉提镇 | 9 | 27.6 | 1,984 |
| 7 | تالدى بازىرى | Taldi Baziri | Taldi Town | 塔勒德镇 | 11 | 23.4 | 1,164.3 |
| 8 | شوربۇلاق بازىرى | Shorbulaq Baziri | Shorbulaq Town | 肖尔布拉克镇 | 8 | 9.3 | 268 |
| 9 | قارابورا بازىرى | 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 Almali Town.[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 Kansu Town.[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 Karabora Town.
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 | بەشتۆپە يېزىسى | Beshtöpe Yézisi | Beshtope Township | 别斯托别乡 | 15 | 28.9 | 783 |
| 2 | تۈرگېن يېزىسى | Türgén Yézisi | Turgen Township | 吐尔根乡 | 3 | 11.5 | 200 |
See also
References
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