The Luntai (Bügür) County (simplified Chinese: 轮台县; traditional Chinese: 輪台縣; pinyin: Lúntái Xiàn) is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 14,189 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 90,000.
Luntai has a long history associated with China. During the beginning of the Sino-Xiongnu War, the armies of Emperor Wu of Han (r. 141–87 BC) conquered and subjugated Bügür as part of a larger Central Asian campaign.
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