Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture

Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
Autonomous prefecture
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese	巴音郭楞蒙古自治州
• Uyghur	بايىنغولىن موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى
• Mongolian	ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ
Bayanbulak grassland in Hejing County
Bayingolin (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
Coordinates: 42°N 86°E / 42°N 86°E / 42; 86
Country	China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Prefectural seat	Korla
Area [1]
• Total	471,480.28 km2 (182,039.55 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,509,233
• Density	3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Total	CN¥ 152.0 billion US$ 22.6 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 100,143 US$ 14,889
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 code	CN-XJ-28
Website	www.xjbz.gov.cn

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.