Names of all cities in Xinjiang

By the end of 20 17, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region had 4 prefecture-level cities and 24 county-level cities.

Four prefecture-level cities: Urumqi, Karamay, Turpan and Hami.

24 county-level cities: Aksu, Kashgar, Hotan, changji city, fukang city, Bole, Alashankou, Korla, Artux, Yining, Kuitun, Horgos, Tacheng, Wusu, Altay, Shihezi, Alar, Tumushuke, wujiaqu city, Beitun, tiemenguan, Shuanghe and Altay.

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Some city profiles:

1, Urumqi: It comes from the meaning of "Hongmiaozi" in Junggar Mongolian. Does Uighur now mean "beautiful pasture"?

2. Wulabo: Mongolian, meaning "red shooting range". ?

3. Tage, Qizil: In Uighur, "Qizil" means red, "Tage" means "mountain" and "Tage, Qizil" means "red mountain". ?

Karamay: The Uighur language "Kela" means "black", "Mayi" means "oil" and Karamay means "black oil". ?

5. hamish: It was called Kunmo, Kunwu, Yiwu, Yiwu, Khameri, Hameri and Khameri in ancient times. It is transliterated from "Kunmo", which means "the place where the sun rises"; One said it was transferred from the Turkish word "Kumur", which means "the place of Shado". On the other hand, Hami was transferred from Harlem, which means "hope" and "lookout pier". ?

6. Balikun: First, the Mongolian transliteration of "Barkule" means tiger leg; As soon as it was said, it was transferred from Turkish Balkur, where "Ba" means "You" and "Kuer" means "Lake". "Balkur" means "There is a lake". ?

7. Yiwu: First, the Mongolian word "whirlwind" means "mountain pimple". ?

8.Toulufan: First, the meaning of "wealth" in Turkish; One is the Uighur word "Turpan", which means "metropolis"; On the other hand, it is transliterated from the Uygur language "Tufan", which means "a place full of fruits". There is also a saying that it is the "lowest place" in Uygur language. ?

9. Kindness: pronounced in Uyghur as "Piqian" and "Pioneering", and in Turkic it means haystack and haystack; Once said, "goodness" means "escape". Loulan State was destroyed by the Han Dynasty and renamed as goodness. When it comes to the establishment of Puchang County in Tang Dynasty, Uighurs call it Bizhan and Pizhan, which means Achnatherum splendens and Puwei. ?

10, Toksun: First, it is said that place names are related to "nine" and "ninety" in Uygur language. It is said that 90 families moved from Turpan and evolved one by one; It is said that Tianshan County was established here in the Tang Dynasty, and Uighurs pronounced Tianshan as Toksun.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Xinjiang