Qitai County

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Qitai County 奇台县 (Chinese) گۇچۇڭ ناھىيىسى (Uyghur) Kitai
County
Location of Qitai (pink) in Changji Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Qitai Location in Xinjiang Show map of Xinjiang Qitai Qitai (China) Show map of China
Coordinates: 44°01′N 89°35′E / 44.017°N 89.583°E / 44.017; 89.583
Country	China
Region	Xinjiang
Autonomous prefecture	Changji
County seat	Qitai Town
Area
• Total	16,645 km2 (6,427 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	219,811
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard[a])
Area code	0994
Website	www.xjqt.gov.cn

Qitai County (Chinese: 奇台县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Guqung County or Gucheng County (Uyghur: گۇچۇڭ ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 古城县), is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It covers an area of 16,641 square kilometres (6,425 sq mi) and as of the 2002 census^[update] had a population of 230,000.

Qitai County's county seat is in Qitai Town. Gucheng Township is nearby.

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