Yizhou District, Hami
Yizhou (Uyghur: ئىۋىرغول رايونى, ULY: Iwirghol, USY: Ивирғол ; Chinese: 伊州[1][2]; pinyin: Yīzhōu) is the central district of the Hami prefecture-level city, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Its population was 472,175 at the end of 2010. It was known as Hami county-level city until February 2016, when it was merged with the Hami Prefecture to form the Hami prefecture-level city and the county-level city was renamed Yizhou District. Xingxingxia (Singsingsia) town (星星峡镇) is located on the border with Gansu.
Yizhou 伊州区 • ئىۋىرغول رايونى | |
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.png) Location of Yizhou (red) in Hami (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Komul |
| Township-level divisions | 3 subdistricts 2 towns 7 townships |
| Municipal seat | Sherqi osteng Subdistrict (东河区街道) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 472,175 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
References
- E. Bretschneider (1876). Notices of the Mediæval Geography and History of Central and Western Asia. Trübner & Company. pp. 110–.
- Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The Branch. 1876. pp. 184–.
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