Yuli County

Yuli County
尉犁县 (Chinese)
لوپنۇر ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)
ᠯᠣᠪ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ (Mongolian)
Yülihsien, Lopnur
Yuli County (red) within Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Yuli
Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Yuli
Yuli (Xinjiang)
Yuli
Yuli (China)
Coordinates: 41°20′38″N 86°15′40″E / 41.344°N 86.261°E / 41.344; 86.261
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
Autonomous prefectureBayingolin
County seatYuli (Lopnur)
Area
  Total
59,401.78 km2 (22,935.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
101,866
  Density1.7/km2 (4.4/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
  Major ethnic groupsHan Chinese, Uyghur
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
841500
Websiteyuli.gov.cn (in Chinese)
Yuli County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese尉犁
Traditional Chinese尉犁
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYùlí Xiàn
Wade–GilesYü⁴-li² Hsien⁴
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese罗布淖尔县
Traditional Chinese羅布淖爾縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLuóbùnào'ěr Xiàn
Second alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese罗布泊县
Traditional Chinese羅布泊縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLuóbùpō Xiàn
Mongolian name
Mongolian scriptᠯᠣᠪ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ
Uyghur name
Uyghurلوپنۇر ناھىيىسى
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiLopnur Nahiyisi
Yengi YeziⱪLopnur Naⱨiyisi
SASM/GNCLopnur Nahiyisi
Siril YëziqiЛопнур наһийиси

Yuli County as the official Romanized name, also transliterated from Mongolian as Lopnur County (Lop Nur), is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 59,399 km2 (22,934 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 100,000.