Tekes County is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 8,067 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 150,000.
The country center is known for being a planned community with a shape of a ba gua.
Coordinates: 43°12′49″N 81°50′14″E / 43.2137°N 81.8371°E