Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture

Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture Bayingol / Bayinguoleng Mongol Autonomous Prefecture ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 بايىنغولىن موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى
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Bayingolin Mongol prefecture (red) in Xinjiang province (orange) and China
Country	China
Province	Xinjiang
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
Chinese name
Chinese	巴音郭楞蒙古自治州
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Bāyīnguōlèng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu
Short Chinese name
Chinese	巴州
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Bāzhōu
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Баянголын Монгол өөртөө засах жөү
Mongolian script	ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ
Uyghur name
Uyghur	بايىنغولىن موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى
Transcriptions - Latin Yëziqi Bayingholin Mongghol Aptonom Oblasti - Yengi Yezik̡ Bayingⱨolin Mongƣul Aptonom 'Oblasti - Siril Yëziqi Байиңһолин Моңғул Апtоном 'Обласtи

Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, often abbreviated to Bayingol (literally "rich river"), is an autonomous prefecture of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest autonomous prefecture of China with an area of 462,700 km². The prefectural capital is Korla.

Demographics

According to the 2000 census, Bayingolin has 1,056,970 inhabitants (population density: 2.28 per km²).

Ethnic groups in Bayingolin

Nationalities in Bayingolin according to the census of 2000:

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Han	607,774	57.5%
Uyghur	345,595	32.7%
Hui	52,252	4.94%
Mongol	43,544	4.12%
Other	7,805	0.74%

Subdivisions

Bayin'gholin directly controls 1 county-level city, 7 counties and 1 autonomous county.

#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Uyghur (UEY)	Uyghur Latin (ULY)	Mongolian	Population (2003 est.)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Korla	库尔勒市	Kù'ěrlè Shì	كورلا شەھىرى	Korla Shehiri	ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠯ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ	420,000	7,219	58
2	Luntai [Bügür] County	轮台县	Lúntái Xiàn	بۈگۈر ناھىيىسى	Bügür Nahiyisi		100,000	14,185	7
3	Yuli [Lopnur] County	尉犁县	Yùlí Xiàn	لوپنۇر ناھىيىسى	Lopnur Nahiyisi		110,000	59,402	2
4	Ruoqiang [Qarkilik] County	若羌县	Ruòqiāng Xiàn	چاقىلىق ناھىيىسى	Chaqiliq Nahiyisi		30,000	199,222	0
5	Qiemo [Qarqan] County	且末县	Qiěmò Xiàn	چەرچەن ناھىيىسى	Cherchen Nahiyisi		60,000	138,680	0
6	Hejing County	和静县	Héjìng Xiàn	خېجىڭ ناھىيىسى	Xéjing Nahiyisi		180,000	34,984	5
7	Hoxud County	和硕县	Héshuò Xiàn	خوشۇت ناھىيىسى	Xoshut Nahiyisi		70,000	12,754	5
8	Bohu [Bagrax] County	博湖县	Bóhú Xiàn	باغراش ناھىيىسى	Baghrash Nahiyisi		60,000	3,597	17
9	Yanqi Hui Autonomous County	焉耆回族自治县	Yānqí Huízú Zìzhìxiàn	يەنجى خۇيزۇ ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى	Yenji Xuyzu Aptonom Nahiyisi		120,000	2,429	49

Bayanbulak grassland in Hejing County.

See also

• Torghut

External links

• Government website of Bayin'gholin (in Simplified Chinese)
• Government website of Bayin'gholin (in Mongolian)
• Government website of Bayin'gholin (in Uyghur)