Manas County

Manas County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It covers an area of 9,174 square kilometres (3,542 sq mi) and as of the 2002 census it had a population of 170,000.

Manas County
玛纳斯县 (Chinese)
ماناس ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)
Manass
Location of Manas County (pink) in Changji Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang (grey)
Manas
Location in Xinjiang
Manas
Manas (China)
Coordinates: 44°18′N 86°13′E
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureChangji
County seatManas Town
Area
  Total9,171 km2 (3,541 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total192,098
  Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.mns.gov.cn
Manas County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese玛纳斯县
Traditional Chinese瑪納斯縣
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese绥来县
Traditional Chinese綏來縣
Uyghur name
Uyghurماناس ناھىيىسى

The county seat is the old town of Manas, located on the Manas River just east of Shihezi.

Manass has been called: "the biggest city (after Urumchi) in the biggest oasis on the biggest river of the North Road, and the chief centre of the T’ung-kan (Т′уң-кан, Dungan) population."

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