Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture

Bayingolin 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
—  Autonomous prefectures  —
Chinese transcription(s)
- Simplified	巴音郭楞蒙古自治州
- Traditional
- Pinyin	Bāyīnguōlèng
The territory of Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) within Xinjiang
Country	China
Province	Xinjiang
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture (Mongol: ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ‍ᠤᠨ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠤ , Chinese: 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Pinyin: Bāyīnguōlèng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu, Mongolian in Cyrillic script: Баянголын Монгол өөртөө засах тойрог, Uyghur: بايىنغولىن موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى, Bayingholin Mongghol Aptonom Oblasti, Bayinƣolin Mongƣol Aptonom Oblasti)^[1] is an autonomous prefecture of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest autonomous prefecture of China with an area of 462,700 km². The prefectural capital is Korla.

Demographics

According to the 2000 census, Bayingolin has 1,056,970 inhabitants (population density: 2.28 per km²).

Ethnic groups in Bayingolin

Nationalities in Bayingolin according to the census of 2000:

Subdivisions

Bayin'gholin directly controls 1 county-level city, 7 counties and 1 autonomous county.

• County-level City: Korla.
• Counties: Bügür (Luntai) County (轮台县), Lopnur (Yuli) County (尉犁县), Qarkilik (Ruoqiang) County (若羌县), Qarqan (Qiemo) County (且末县), Hejing County (和静县), Hoxud County (和硕县), Bagrax (Bohu) County (博湖县).
• Autonomous County: Yanqi Hui Autonomous County (焉耆回族自治县).

See also

• Torghut

External links

• Government website of Bayin'gholin (in Simplified Chinese)
• Government website of Bayin'gholin (in Mongolian)
• Government website of Bayin'gholin (in Uyghur)

Footnotes

1. ^ The official spelling is "Bayingolin" according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, Zhōngguó dìtú chūbǎnshè 中国地图出版社 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 300.

Coordinates: 36°11′N 102°43′E / 36.183°N 102.717°E / 36.183; 102.717

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