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Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture

Bayingolin Prefecture
巴音郭楞州بايىنغولىن ئوبلاستى‎ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ 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.
Bayanbulak grassland in Hejing County.
Bayingolin Mongol prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
Bayingolin Mongol prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
Country People's Republic of China
Region Xinjiang
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
Chinese name
Chinese 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州
Shorter name
Chinese 巴音郭楞州
Literal meaning Bayingolin Prefecture
Shortest name
Chinese 巴州
Literal meaning Bā Prefecture
Mongolian name
Mongolian script ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ
Uyghur name
Uyghur
بايىنغولىن موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى
Bayingolin
Chinese name
Chinese 巴音郭楞
Literal meaning rich river (from Mongolian)
Mongolian name
Mongolian script ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ
Uyghur name
Uyghur
بايىنغولىن

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.

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 / 39.33; 87.61


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