A report on Yining, Huocheng County and Xinjiang
Yining, also known as Ghulja (غۇلجا) or Qulja (قۇلجا) and formerly Ningyuan , is a county-level city in Northwestern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China and the seat of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.
- YiningHuocheng County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Korgas County, is situated within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.
- Huocheng CountyHistorically, Yining is the successor to the ruined city of Almaliq in neighbouring Huocheng County.
- YiningIt is located between Yining and the border city Khorgas, occupying an area of 5466 km2 and has a population of 360,000 (2004 estimate).
- Huocheng CountyIn 1755, with the help of the Oirat noble Amursana, the Qing attacked Ghulja and captured the Dzungar khan.
- XinjiangThe Second Ürümqi-Jinghe Railway provides additional rail transport capacity to Jinghe, from which the Jinghe-Yining-Horgos Railway heads into the Ili River Valley to Yining, Huocheng and Khorgos, a second rail border crossing with Kazakhstan.
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Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
0 linksIli Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (Іле Қазақ автономиялық облысы) (also as Yili) is an autonomous prefecture for Kazakh people in Northern Xinjiang, China, one of five autonomous prefectures in Xinjiang.
Yining City is its capital.
Ili Prefecure (伊犁专区) was established in 1943, there were 11 counties and Xinyuan Division (新源设治局, present Xinyuan County), including Yining, Suiding (绥定; part of present Huocheng), Khorgas (present Huocheng), Gongliu, Tekes, Gongha (巩哈, present Nilka), Ningxi (宁西, present Qapqal), Jinghe, Bole, Wenquan and Zhaosu Counties under its administration.