Xinyuan County

Xinyuan County () as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Künas County (; ), is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 7,581 km². According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 290,000. The county is served by Xinyuan Nalati Airport.

Name

The county's original name Künes was changed into Xinyuan in 1946 after the county established its seat on the Künes River () upstream. "Xinyuan" means "New Headstream" in Chinese.

Administrative divisions

Xinyuan County is divided into 9 towns and 2 townships.

Demographics

Note:

• 1. On October 21, 2014, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, it was renamed the original Almali Township to Almali Town.
• 2. On July 13, 2016, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, it was renamed the original Kansu Township to Kansu Town.
• 3. On March 30, 2012, with the approval of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the original Karabora Township was renamed Karabora Town.

Climate

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