Jimsar County
Jimasa; Fuyuan | |
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![]() Location of Jimsar County (pink) in Changji Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang (light grey) | |
Coordinates: 43°59′N 89°04′E / 43.983°N 89.067°E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
Autonomous prefecture | Changji |
Township-level divisions | 4 towns 4 townships |
County seat | Jimsar Town |
Area | |
• Total | 8,140.84 km2 (3,143.20 sq mi) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 153,197 |
• Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[a]) |
Website | www |
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Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 吉木萨尔县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 吉木薩爾縣 | ||||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 孚远县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 孚遠縣 | ||||||||||
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Uyghur name | |||||||||||
Uyghur | جىمىسار ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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Jimsar County is a county in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It contains an area of 8,149 km2 (3,146 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 130,000.
Near the town of Jimsar are the ruins of the ancient city of Beiting (Chinese: 北庭; pinyin: Běitíng) or Ting Prefecture (Chinese: 庭州; pinyin: Tíngzhōu), the headquarters of the Beiting Protectorate during the 8th century. It was later known as Beshbalik (Chinese: 别失八里) and became one of the capitals of the Uyghur Khaganate and then the Kingdom of Qocho.
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