- Yining County
The Yining (Ghulja) County ( _zh. 伊宁县, Yining Xian) is a county within the
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of theXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ofChina . The county seat is in the town ofJiliyuzi (吉里于孜).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. [ [http://www.xzqh.org/quhua/65xj/40yili.htm Administrative division of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture] zh icon]
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 Dadamutu (达达木图) and Panjin (潘津), with 100.45 km² of land, from the County to the City in 2004.History
The county was created in 1888, and was originally known as Ningyuan (宁远) County. It received its present name in 1914. [ [http://www.xzqh.org/quhua/65xj/4021yn.htm Yining County info] , at the
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture government site. zh icon]In 1952, the City of Yining was separated from Yining County into a separate county-level administrative unit. [ [http://www.huyangshu.com/admin/news_view.asp?newsid=1618 About the history of Yining City and Huocheng County] zh icon]
External links
* [http://www.xjyn.gov.cn County Government] zh icon
* [http://www.9654.com/m/yiningxian.htm Map of Yining County] (Borders shown as they were before the transfer of the villages of Dadamutu (达达木图乡 on the map) and Panjin (潘津乡 on the map) to the City of Yining in 2004) zh icon
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