Luntai County

Luntai County
轮台县 (Chinese)
بۈگۈر ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)
ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠷ ᠱᠢᠨᠢ (Mongolian)
Bugur County
Location of Luntai County (red) within Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Location of Luntai County (red) within Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Luntai is located in Bayingolin
Luntai
Luntai
Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Luntai is located in Xinjiang
Luntai
Luntai
Luntai (Xinjiang)
Luntai is located in China
Luntai
Luntai
Luntai (China)
Coordinates: 41°46′N 84°10′E / 41.767°N 84.167°E / 41.767; 84.167
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
Autonomous prefectureBayingolin
County seatLuntai Town (Bügür)
Area
 • Total
14,181.7 km2 (5,475.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
137,327
 • Density9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard[a])
Websitewww.xjlt.gov.cn
Luntai County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese轮台县
Traditional Chinese輪台縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLúntái Xiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese布古尔县
Traditional Chinese布古爾縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBùgǔ'ěr Xiàn
Mongolian name
Mongolian scriptᠪᠦᠭᠦᠷ ᠱᠢᠨᠢ
Uyghur name
Uyghurبۈگۈر ناھىيىسى
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiBügür Nahiyisi
Yengi YeziⱪBügür Nah̡iyisi
SASM/GNCBügür Nahiyisi
Siril YëziqiБүгүр наһийиси

Luntai County,[2] also known as Bugur County[3][4][5] or Bügür County[2][6] (transliterated from Mongolian), is a county in central Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 14,189 km2 (5,478 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 90,000.

Map including northern part of the county (ATC, 1972)

Luntai has a long history associated with China. When the city refused aid to Li Guangli's Fergana campaign (c. 101 BC), the inhabitants were slaughtered. Around 80 BC, a military colony of the Han dynasty was established on the site.[7] In 60 BC, the Han dynasty established the Protectorate of the Western Regions, with the Protector General stationed in Wulei[8] in present Luntai County.[9]

As of 1885, there was about 25,100 acres (165,700 mu) of cultivated land in Bugur.[10]

  1. ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  2. ^ a b Xie Yuzhong 解玉忠 (2003). 地名中的新疆 (in Simplified Chinese). Ürümqi: 新疆人民出版社. pp. 138–141. ISBN 7-228-08004-1. 轮台 Luntai(Bügür)
  3. ^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (2010). 建筑抗震设计规范 [GB50011-2010: Code for Seismic Design of Buildings] (in English and Simplified Chinese). Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press. p. 203 – via Google Books. Bugur County
  4. ^ "Sandstorm strands 4,000 train passengers in Xinjiang". 中华网. 2008-08-05. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020 – via Internet Archive. Bugur County ... Xinhua Photo
  5. ^ "Rights Groups Condemn China's Detention of RFA Reporters' Relatives". Radio Free Asia. 2018-03-01. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020. RFA Uyghur broadcaster Kurban Niyaz's youngest brother, Hasanjan Niyaz, was arrested in May 2017 in Bugur county, and in July sentenced to six years in jail on charges of "holding ethnic hatred."
  6. ^ Zhong Xingqi 钟兴麒, ed. (July 2008). 西域地名考录 (in Simplified Chinese). Beijing: 国家图书馆出版社. pp. 604–605. ISBN 978-7-5013-3628-9. 轮台 lún tái Bügür {...} 轮台县 (Bugur)
  7. ^ Loewe, Michael (1979). "Introduction". In Hulsewé, Anthony François Paulus (ed.). China in Central Asia: The Early Stage: 125 BC – AD 23. Brill. pp. 1–70. ISBN 978-90-04-05884-2. Pages 43, 46.
  8. ^ Thought and Law in Qin and Han China: Studies Dedicated to Anthony Hulsewâe on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday. Brill Archive. 1990. ISBN 978-90-04-09269-3.
  9. ^ The General Theory of Dunhuang Studies. Springer. 25 March 2022. ISBN 978-981-16-9073-0.
  10. ^ Herold J. Wiens (November 1966). "Cultivation Development and Expansion in China's Colonial Realm in Central Asia". The Journal of Asian Studies. 26 (1): 75. doi:10.2307/2051832. JSTOR 2051832. S2CID 162339064.


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