Xinyuan County () as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Künas County (; ), is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 7,581 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 290,000. The county is served by Xinyuan Nalati Airport.
Name The county's original name Künes was changed into Xinyuan in 1946 after the county established its seat on the Künes River () upstream. "Xinyuan" means "New Headstream" in Chinese.
Administrative divisions Xinyuan County is divided into 9 towns and 2 townships.
Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Uyghur (UEY) Uyghur Latin (ULY) Kazakh (Arabic script) Kazakh (Cyrillic script) Number of communities Population (thousand) Land area (km2)Towns Künes Town 1051.5270 Zëkti Town 624.6503 Araltope Town 727897.7 Taldi Town 1123.41,164.3 Narat Town 927.61,984 Shorbulaq Town 89.3268 Qarabora Town 820.6633.3 Almali Town 51672 Kengsu Town 510.9374.3Townships Beshtope Township 1528.9783 Turgen Township 311.5200
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Note: 1. On October 21, 2014, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, it was renamed the original Almali Township to Almali Town. 2. On July 13, 2016, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, it was renamed the original Kansu Township to Kansu Town. 3. On March 30, 2012, with the approval of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the original Karabora Township was renamed Karabora Town.
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