Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in northern Xinjiang, China. Its capital is Yining, also known as Ghulja or Kulja.
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture | |
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| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 伊犁哈萨克自治州 |
| • Uyghur | ئىلى قازاق ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى |
| • Kazakh | ىلە قازاق اۆتونوميالىق وبلىسى |
Cityscape of Yining, the prefectural capital | |
Ili Prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange) | |
| Coordinates: 43.92°N 81.32°E | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Capital | Yining |
| Government | |
| • Type | Autonomous prefecture |
| • Body | Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefectural People's Congress |
| • CCP Secretary | Qiu Shuhua |
| • Congress Chairman | Abdussalam Sadiq |
| • Governor | Qadan Käbenuly |
| • CPPCC Chairman | Serikzhan Orynbai |
| Area | |
| • Land | 56,381.52 km2 (21,769.03 sq mi) |
| • inc. Altay & Tacheng | 268,778.71 km2 (103,776.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 6,582,500 |
| GDP | |
| • Total | CN¥ 222.6 billion US$ 32.2 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 47,390 US$ 6,858 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XJ-40 |
| Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture | |||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 伊犁哈萨克自治州 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 伊犁哈薩克自治州 | ||||||||||||
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| Dunganese name | |||||||||||||
| Dungan | Йили Хазах Зыҗыҗу | ||||||||||||
| Romanization | Yili Hazah Zıcıcu | ||||||||||||
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| Uyghur | ئىلى قازاق ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى | ||||||||||||
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| Kazakh name | |||||||||||||
| Kazakh | ىلە قازاق اۆتونوميالىق وبلىسى Іле Қазақ автономиялық облысы Ile Qazaq avtonomiialyq oblysy | ||||||||||||
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. 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). 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.