Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
Name transcription(s)
 • Chinese伊犁哈萨克自治州
 • Uyghurئىلى قازاق ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى
 • Kazakhىلە قازاق اۆتونوميالىق وبلىسى
Cityscape of Yining, the prefectural capital
Cityscape of Yining, the prefectural capital
Ili Prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
Ili Prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
Coordinates: 43°55′N 81°19′E / 43.92°N 81.32°E / 43.92; 81.32
CountryChina
RegionXinjiang
CapitalYining
Government
 • TypeAutonomous prefecture
 • BodyIli Kazakh Autonomous Prefectural People's Congress
 • CCP SecretaryQiu Shuhua
 • Congress ChairmanAbdussalam Sadiq
 • GovernorQadan Käbenuly
 • CPPCC ChairmanSerikzhan Orynbai
Area
 • Land56,381.52 km2 (21,769.03 sq mi)
 • inc. Altay & Tacheng268,778.71 km2 (103,776.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total6,582,500
GDP[1]
 • TotalCN¥ 222.6 billion
US$ 32.2 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 47,390
US$ 6,858
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-XJ-40
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese伊犁哈萨克自治州
Traditional Chinese伊犁哈薩克自治州
Dunganese name
DunganЙили Хазах Зыҗыҗу
RomanizationYili Hazah Zıcıcu
Uyghur name
Uyghurئىلى قازاق ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى
Kazakh name
Kazakhىلە قازاق اۆتونوميالىق وبلىسى
Іле Қазақ автономиялық облысы
Ile Qazaq avtonomiialyq oblysy

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture[note 1] is an autonomous prefecture in northern Xinjiang, China. Its capital is Yining, also known as Ghulja or Kulja.

Covering an area of 268,591 square kilometres (16.18 per cent of Xinjiang), Ili Prefecture shares a 2,019 kilometre-long border with Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia.[2] There are nine ports of entry in Ili Prefecture at the national level, including Jeminay and Khorgas. Directly administered regions (直辖区域) within the prefecture cover 56,622 square kilometres (21.08 per cent of Ili's total area) and have a population of 4,930,600 (63.95 per cent of Ili's registered population).[3] Kazakhs in China are the second largest ethnicity in the prefecture after the Han, and make up a little over a quarter of the population.

Ili is the only prefecture-level division that has other prefecture-level divisions (Altay and Tacheng Prefectures) under its administration. The term "sub-provincial autonomous prefecture" (副省级自治州) has often been applied to Ili, but it has no legal basis under Chinese law and is a misnomer.

  1. ^ "伊犁州2019年国民经济和社会发展统计公报" (in Chinese). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ 伊犁哈萨克自治州概况. xzqh.org. 2 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. ^ 伊犁州2018年国民经济和社会发展统计公报. tjcn.org. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.


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