Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture[3] is an autonomous prefecture in the southeastern Xinjiang, China. It borders Gansu to the east, Qinghai to the southeast and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south. It is the largest prefecture-level division nationally, with an area of 471,480 km2 (182,040 sq mi), which is even larger than its neighboring province of Gansu. The prefectural capital is Korla. Despite being designated an autonomous area for Mongols in China, only about four percent of Bayingolin's population is Mongol.
^巴音郭楞蒙古自治州历史沿革 [Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture Historical Development] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2019. 2003年,巴州总面积472472.1平方千米,{...}2010年第六次人口普查,常住总人口1278486人,