Beshbalik

Jimsar County 吉木萨尔县 (simplified Chinese) کِمُوسَاعَر ﺷِﯿًﺎ (Chinese) جىمىسار ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)
County
Location of Jimsar County (pink) in Changji Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang (grey)
Coordinates: 43°59′N 89°04′E / 43.983°N 89.067°E / 43.983; 89.067Coordinates: 43°59′N 89°04′E / 43.983°N 89.067°E / 43.983; 89.067
Country	China
Province	Xinjiang
Prefecture-level divisions	Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
Township-level divisions	4 towns 4 townships
County seat	Jimsar Town (吉木萨尔镇)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Jimsar County (Chinese: 吉木萨尔县; pinyin: Jímùsà'ěr Xiàn; Xiao'erjing: کِمُوسَاعَر ﺷِﯿًﺎ; Uyghur: جىمىسار ناھىيىسى, Җимисар Наһийиси‎, ULY: Jimisar Nahiyisi, UYY: Jimisar Nah̡iyisi^?) is a county in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It contains an area of 8,149 km². According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 130,000.

Near the town of Jimsar are the ruins of the ancient city of Beiting (Chinese: 北庭; pinyin: Běitíng) or Tingzhou (Chinese: 庭州; pinyin: Tíngzhōu), the headquarters of the Beiting Protectorate in the 8th century. Later, as Beshbalik, it was one of the capitals of the Uyghur Khaganate and then the Kingdom of Qocho.

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