Shuiding
Coordinates: 44°03′N 80°52′E / 44.050°N 80.867°E Shuiding (Chinese: 水定镇; pinyin: Shuǐdìng Zhèn), formerly Suiding (Chinese: 绥定; pinyin: Suídìng) is a town in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China and the county seat of Huocheng County. It is located some 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the northwest of Yining, the main city of the prefecture, and some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the Ili River.
As of the 200 census[update], Shuiding had a population of 29,277.
The origins of Shuiding are tied to a site on the northern bank of the Ili River, some 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the south of the town's current location. It was there in 1762 during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor and at the time of one of the rebellions of the local Muslim population that the fortress of Huiyuan (惠远城; Huìyuǎn Chéng) was built as the center of the Chinese military power and civilian administration in Xinjiang. It was the seat of the Governor General of the region, the General of Ili.
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