Luntai County

Luntai County
轮台县
بۈگۈر ناھىيىسى
County

Location of Luntai County (red) within Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Luntai
Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 41°46′N 84°10′E / 41.767°N 84.167°E / 41.767; 84.167Coordinates: 41°46′N 84°10′E / 41.767°N 84.167°E / 41.767; 84.167
Country People's Republic of China
Autonomous region Xinjiang
Autonomous prefecture Bayingolin
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Luntai County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 轮台县
Traditional Chinese 輪台縣
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 布古尔县
Traditional Chinese 布古爾縣
Mongolian name
Mongolian script ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠷ ᠱᠢᠨᠢ
Uyghur name
Uyghur
بۈگۈر ناھىيىسى

Luntai County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Mongolian as Bügür County, is a county in central Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 14,189 km2 (5,478 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 90,000.

Luntai has a long history associated with China. When the city refused aid to Li Guangli's Fergana campaign (c. 101 BC), the inhabitants were slaughtered. Around 80 BC, a Han military colony was established on the site.[1]

References

  1. Loewe, Michael (1979). "Introduction". In Hulsewé, Anthony François Paulus. China in Central Asia: The Early Stage: 125 BC – AD 23. Brill. pp. 1–70. ISBN 978-90-04-05884-2. Pages 43, 46.


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