قولجه

Also known as Ghulja, Yining Shi, Yining City, Gulja, Khulja, Kulja, Khuldja, Almaligh

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