Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture | |
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| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 |
| • Uyghur | بايىنغولىن موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى |
| • Mongolian | ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ |
| • Oirat | ᡋᠠᡕᠠᠨᡎᡆᠯ ᡏᡆᡊᡎᡆᠯ ᡄᡋᡄᠷᡄᡃᠨ ᠴᠠᠰᠠᡍᡇ ᡓᡇᡉ |
Bayanbulak grassland in Hejing County | |
Bayingolin (red) in Xinjiang (orange) | |
| Coordinates: 42°N 86°E / 42°N 86°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefectural seat | Korla |
| Area | |
• Total | 471,480.28 km2 (182,039.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,509,233 |
| • Density | 3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | CN¥ 152.0 billion US$ 22.6 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 100,143 US$ 14,889 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XJ-28 |
| Website | www |
| Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture | |||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Chinese | 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 | ||||||||||||
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| Abbreviation | |||||||||||||
| Chinese | 巴音郭楞州 / 巴州 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Bayingolin Prefecture | ||||||||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Баянгол - Монголын өөртөө засах жуу | ||||||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ | ||||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||||
| Uyghur | بايىنغولىن موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى | ||||||||||||
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| Oirat name | |||||||||||||
| Oirat | ᡋᠠᡕᠠᠨᡎᡆᠯ ᡏᡆᡊᡎᡆᠯ ᡄᡋᡄᠷᡄᡃᠨ ᠴᠠᠰᠠᡍᡇ ᡓᡇᡉ Bayanɣol Mongɣol Eberēn Zasaxu J̌uu | ||||||||||||
| Bayingolin | |||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 巴音郭楞 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | rich river (from Mongolian) | ||||||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Баянгол | ||||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | بايىنغولىن | ||||||||||
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| Oirat | ᡋᠠᡕᠠᠨᡎᡆᠯ Bayanɣol | ||||||||||
Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in the southeastern Xinjiang, China. It borders 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 471,480 km2 (182,040 sq mi), which is even larger than its neighboring province of Gansu. The prefectural capital is Korla. Despite being designated an autonomous area for Mongols in China, only about four percent of Bayingolin's population is Mongol.