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Yining
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Yining (), also known as Ghulja () or Kulja (Kazakh: ), is a county-level city in northwestern Xinjiang, China. It is the administrative seat and largest city of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. Yining is the modern successor to the nearby ruined city of Almaliq, Huocheng County, and is the third largest city in Xinjiang after Ürümqi and Korla. It was established by Erdeni Batur Khong Tayiji of the Dzungar Khanate.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Yining
- Settlement.other_name
- Ghulja, Kulja, Ningyuan, Khobak Sari
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Xinjiang Northern#Xinjiang#China
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Xinjiang
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.coor_pinpoint
- Yining municipal government
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Xinjiang
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Autonomous prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ili
- Settlement.established_title
- Establishment of the city as the capital city of the Dzungar Khanate
- Settlement.established_date
- 1630's
- Settlement.founder
- Erdeni Batur
- Settlement.named_for
- A Monastary
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county-level city
- Official name
- غۇلجا شەھىرى
- Country
- Republic of China
- Population
- 778047
- Area
- 644.01
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Capital of
- Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
- Official website
- www.yining.gov.cn
- Image
- 苏碧怡商厦 - panoramio.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0999
- Licence plate code
- 新F
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- postal code
- 835000
- Commons category
- Yining
- topic's main category
- Category:Yining
- P8168
- Dhaulagiri II
- native label
- 伊宁 / Yíníng
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Area and population
- History
- Note on historical place names
- Establishment and Dzungar Khanate
- Qing dynasty
- Republic of China
- East Turkestan Republic
- People's Republic
- Geography
- Climate
- Grassland Carbon Sink Monitoring Network
- Administrative divisions
- Economy
- Transportation
- Demographics
- Culture
- Notable persons
- Notes
- References
- External links
Yining (), also known as Ghulja () or Kulja (Kazakh: ), is a county-level city in northwestern Xinjiang, China. It is the administrative seat and largest city of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. Yining is the modern successor to the nearby ruined city of Almaliq, Huocheng County, and is the third largest city in Xinjiang after Ürümqi and Korla. It was established by Erdeni Batur Khong Tayiji of the Dzungar Khanate.
== Area and population == The city of Yining is a county-level administrative unit located along Ili River. As of 2015, it has an estimated population of 542,507, with a total land area of . It is the most populous city in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yining” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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