Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
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Bayingolin Prefecture 巴音郭楞州 • بايىنغولىن ئوبلاستى • ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠵᠧᠦ |
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Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 بايىنغولىن موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ |
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Bayanbulak grassland in Hejing County.
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 Bayingolin Mongol prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange) |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
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| Chinese | 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 巴音郭楞州 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Bayingolin Prefecture | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 巴州 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Bā Prefecture | ||||||||
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| Mongolian script | ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ | ||||||||
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| Uyghur |
بايىنغولىن موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Bāyīnguōlèng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Bāyīnguōlèng Zhōu |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Bāzhōu |
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| Latin Yëziqi | Bayingholin Mongghol Aptonom Oblasti |
| Yengi Yeziⱪ | Bayingⱨolin Mongƣul Aptonom 'Oblasti |
| Siril Yëziqi | Байиңһолин Моңғул Апtоном 'Обласtи |
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| Chinese | 巴音郭楞 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | rich river (from Mongolian) | ||||||||
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| Mongolian script | ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ | ||||||||
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| Uyghur |
بايىنغولىن
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Bāyīnguōlèng |
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| 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.
According to the 2000 census, Bayingolin has 1,056,970 inhabitants (population density: 2.28 per km²).
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:
Bayin'gholin directly controls 1 county-level city, 7 counties and 1 Hui autonomous county.
Coordinates: 39°20′N 87°37′E / 39.33°N 87.61°E
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