Yining
Ghulja, Kulja, Ningyuan | |
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  Yining Location in Xinjiang  Yining Yining (Xinjiang)  Yining Yining (China) | |
| Coordinates (Yining municipal government): 43°54′29″N 81°16′40″E / 43.9080°N 81.2777°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Autonomous prefecture | Ili |
| Municipal seat | Döngmehelle Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| 616.7 km2 (238.1 sq mi) | |
| • Urban (2018)[1] | 49 km2 (19 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| 778,047 | |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2018)[1] | 345,000 |
| • Urban density | 7,000/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[a]) |
| Postal code | 835000 |
| Area code | 0999 |
| Website | Official website |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 伊宁 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 伊寧 | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 固勒扎 | ||||||||||
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| Ningyuan | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 宁远 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 寧遠 | ||||||||||
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| Tibetan | གུལ་ཅ | ||||||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хулж | ||||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠬᠤᠯᠵᠠ | ||||||||||
| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | غۇلجا | ||||||||||
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| Manchu name | |||||||||||
| Manchu script | ᡤᡡᠯᠵᠠ | ||||||||||
| Abkai | Gvlja | ||||||||||
| Möllendorff | Gūlja | ||||||||||
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| Russian | Кульджа | ||||||||||
| Romanization | Kuldzha | ||||||||||
| Kazakh name | |||||||||||
| Kazakh | قۇلجا Құлжа Qulja | ||||||||||
| Oirat name | |||||||||||
| Oirat | ᡎᡇᠯᠴᠠ | ||||||||||
| Chagatay name | |||||||||||
| Chagatay | غولجا | ||||||||||
Yining[3] (Chinese: 伊宁), also known as Ghulja (Uyghur: غۇلجا) or Kulja (Kazakh: قۇلجا), is a county-level city in northwestern Xinjiang, China. It is the administrative seat and largest city of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. Historically, Yining is the successor to the ruined city of Almaliq in neighbouring Huocheng County. Yining is the third largest city in Xinjiang after Ürümqi and Korla.
- ^ a b Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 88.
- ^ "Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties".
- ^ The official spelling according to 中国地名录. Beijing: SinoMaps Press (中国地图出版社). 1997. ISBN 7-5031-1718-4.
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