Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture

Bayingolin Prefecture 巴音郭楞州 • بايىنغولىن ئوبلاستى‎ • ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠵᠧᠦ
Autonomous prefectures
Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 بايىنغولىن موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى‎ ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ
Bayanbulak grassland in Hejing County.
Bayingolin Mongol prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Xinjiang
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
Chinese name
Chinese	巴音郭楞蒙古自治州
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bāyīnguōlèng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu
Shorter name
Chinese	巴音郭楞州
Literal meaning	Bayingolin Prefecture
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bāyīnguōlèng Zhōu
Shortest name
Chinese	巴州
Literal meaning	Bā Prefecture
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bāzhōu
Mongolian name
Mongolian script	ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ
Uyghur name
Uyghur	بايىنغولىن موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Bayingholin Mongghol Aptonom Oblasti Yengi Yeziⱪ Bayingⱨolin Mongƣul Aptonom 'Oblasti Siril Yëziqi Байиңһолин Моңғул Апtоном 'Обласtи

Bayingolin
Chinese name
Chinese	巴音郭楞
Literal meaning	rich river (from Mongolian)
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bāyīnguōlèng
Mongolian name
Mongolian script	ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ
Uyghur name
Uyghur	بايىنغولىن‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Bayingholin Yengi Yeziⱪ Bayingⱨolin Siril Yëziqi Байиңһолин

Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, often abbreviated to Bayingol (literally "rich river"), is an autonomous prefecture of the People's Republic of China, bordering Gansu to the east, Qinghai to the southeast, and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south. It is the largest prefecture-level division nationally, with an area of 462,700 km² (178,600 sq mi), even larger than its neighbouring province of Gansu. 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

When Bayingolin was first established in 1954, it was an area with the Mongols comprising 35% of the prefecture's population. However, in 1960, the Chinese government annexed to it a neighbouring Uyghur area, after which the prefecture occupied one-third of Xinjiang's, and the Uyghurs far out-numbered the Mongols. Due to steady immigration, the Han Chinese population has also increased significantly. In 1947, there were reportedly only 1,682 Han Chinese in Xinjiang's Eighth District (roughly corresponding to today's Bayingolin in area), and that increased to over 660,000 in 2004.

In 2000, the ethnic balance was as follows:

Ethnic group	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 Hui autonomous county.

#	Name	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Uyghur (UEY)	Uyghur Latin (ULY)	Mongolian	Population (2010 Census)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Korla	库尔勒市	Kù'ěrlè Shì	كورلا شەھىرى	Korla Shehiri	ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠯ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ	549,324	7,219	76.09
2	Luntai [Bügür] County	轮台县	Lúntái Xiàn	بۈگۈر ناھىيىسى	Bügür Nahiyisi		116,166	14,185	8.18
3	Yuli [Lopnur] County	尉犁县	Yùlí Xiàn	لوپنۇر ناھىيىسى	Lopnur Nahiyisi		96,068	59,402	1.61
4	Ruoqiang [Qarkilik] County	若羌县	Ruòqiāng Xiàn	چاقىلىق ناھىيىسى	Chaqiliq Nahiyisi		35,580	199,222	0.17
5	Qiemo [Qarqan] County	且末县	Qiěmò Xiàn	چەرچەن ناھىيىسى	Cherchen Nahiyisi		65,572	138,680	0.47
6	Hejing County	和静县	Héjìng Xiàn	خېجىڭ ناھىيىسى	Xéjing Nahiyisi		160,804	34,984	4.59
7	Hoxud County	和硕县	Héshuò Xiàn	خوشۇت ناھىيىسى	Xoshut Nahiyisi		72,556	12,754	5.68
8	Bohu [Bagrax] County	博湖县	Bóhú Xiàn	باغراش ناھىيىسى	Baghrash Nahiyisi		54,788	3,597	15.23
9	Yanqi Hui Autonomous County	焉耆回族自治县	Yānqí Huízú Zìzhìxiàn	يەنجى خۇيزۇ ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى	Yenji Xuyzu Aptonom Nahiyisi		127,628	2,429	52.54

See also

• Torghut
• Makan Map

External links

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