Xinyuan County

Xinyuan County
新源县 (Chinese)
كۈنەس ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)
كۇنەس اۋدانى (Kazakh)
Künas County
A snowy valley in Xinyuan
Xinyuan County (red) within Ili Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Xinyuan
Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Xinyuan
Xinyuan (Xinjiang)
Xinyuan
Xinyuan (China)
Coordinates: 43°26′02″N 83°13′58″E / 43.4339°N 83.2328°E / 43.4339; 83.2328
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
Autonomous prefectureIli
County seatKünes Town
Area
  Total
7,401 km2 (2,858 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
306,525
  Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.xinyuan.gov.cn
Xinyuan
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese新源县
Traditional Chinese新源縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnyuán Xiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese巩乃斯县
Traditional Chinese鞏乃斯縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGǒngnǎisī Xiàn
Uyghur name
Uyghurكۈنەس ناھىيىسى
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiKünes Nahiyisi
Yengi YeziⱪKünəs Naⱨiyisi
SASM/GNCKünas Nahiyisi
Siril YëziqiКүнәс Наһийиси
Kazakh name
Kazakhكۇنەس اۋدانى
Oirat name
Oiratᡍᡈᡊᡎᡉᠰ ᠱᡅᡕᠠᠨ

Xinyuan County (Chinese: 新源县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Künas County (Uyghur: كۈنەس ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 巩乃斯县; pinyin: Gǒngnǎisī xiàn), 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.