Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture

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Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese:巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Pinyin: Bāyīnguōlèng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu, Mongolian in Cyrillic script: Баянголын Монгол өөртөө засах тойрог, Uyghur: بايىنغولىن موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى) is an autonomous prefecture of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest autonomous prefecture of China with an area of 462.700 km². The prefectural capital is Korla.

Contents

1 Demographics
2 Ethnic groups in Bayin'gholin, 2000 census
3 Subdivisions
4 External links

Demographics

According to the 2000 census, Bayingolin has 1,056,970 inhabitants (population density: 2.28 per km²).

Ethnic groups in Bayin'gholin, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Han	607,774	57.5%
Uyghur	345,595	32.7%
Hui	52,252	4.94%
Mongol (Oirats?)	43,544	4.12%
Other,	7,805	0.74%

Subdivisions

Bayin'gholin directly controls 1 county-level city, 7 counties and 1 autonomous county.

County-level City: Korla
County: Bügür (Luntai) County 輪台县, Lopnur (Yuli) County 尉犁县, Qarkilik (Ruoqiang) County 若羌县, Qarqan (Qiemo)

County 且末县, Hejing County 和靜县,Hoxud County 和碩县, Bagrax (Bohu) County 博湖县.

Autonomous County: Yanqi Hui Autonomous County 焉耆回族自治县

External links

[Government website of Bayin'gholin] (in Simplified Chinese)

Prefecture-level divisions of Xinjiang

'''Prefecture-level cities:	Karamay \| Ürümqi
'''Prefectures:	Aksu \| Hami \| Hotan \| Kashgar \| Turpan \| Altay¹ \| Qoqek¹
'''Autonomous prefectures:	Bayin'gholin \| Börtala \| Changji \| Ili \| Kizilsu
'''Sub-prefecture-level cities:	Alar \| Shihezi \| Tumushuke \| Wujiaqu
¹ Part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

List of Xinjiang County-level divisions

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