Gongliu County

Not to be confused with Gongliu of Zhou.

Gongliu County 巩留县 توققۇزتارا ناھىيىسى
County
Gongliu Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 43°28′00″N 82°08′56″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Autonomous prefecture	Ili
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Gongliu
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	巩留县
Traditional Chinese	鞏留縣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gǒngliú Xiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	特克斯塔留
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tèkèsītǎliú
Uyghur name
Uyghur	توققۇزتارا ناھىيىسى‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Toqquztara Nahiyisi Yengi Yeziⱪ Tok̡k̡uztara Nah̡iyisi SASM/GNC Tokkuztara Naĥiyə Siril Yëziqi Тоққузтара наһийиси
Kazakh name
Kazakh	توعىزتاراۋ اۋدانى Kazakh Cyrillic: Тоғызтарау ауданы Kazakh Latin alphabet: Tog'yztaray' ay'dany

Gongliu County (Chinese: 巩留县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Tokkuztara County (Uyghur: توققۇزتارا ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 特克斯塔留县), is a county situated within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 4,119 km² (1,590 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 160,000.

Name

The place was originally named Tokkuztara, meaning "nine streams" because branches of the Ili River merged in the area. When a county was set up in 1932, Gongliu was chosen as the official name, which is an abbreviation of Gonggu Changliu ("巩固长留"), literally Stability and Long-lasting

Administrative divisions

There is one township and seven villages.