Luntai County

Luntai County 轮台县 بۈگۈر ناھىيىسى
County
Location of Luntai County (red) within Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Luntai Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 41°46′N 84°10′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Autonomous prefecture	Bayingolin
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Luntai County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	轮台县
Traditional Chinese	輪台縣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lúntái Xiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	布古尔县
Traditional Chinese	布古爾縣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bùgǔ'ěr Xiàn
Mongolian name
Mongolian script	ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠷ ᠱᠢᠨᠢ
Uyghur name
Uyghur	بۈگۈر ناھىيىسى‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Bügür Nahiyisi Yengi Yeziⱪ Bügür Nah̡iyisi SASM/GNC Bügür Nahiyisi Siril Yëziqi Бүгүр наһийиси

Luntai County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Mongolian as Bügür County, is a county in central Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 14,189 km² (5,478 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 90,000.

Map including northern part of the county (ATC, 1972)

Luntai has a long history associated with China. When the city refused aid to Li Guangli's Fergana campaign (c. 101 BC), the inhabitants were slaughtered. Around 80 BC, a Han military colony was established on the site.

References

Further Readings

• Yap, Joseph P, (2019). The Western Regions, Xiongnu and Han, from the Shiji, Hanshu and Hou Hanshu. ISBN 978-1792829154