How many cities does Xinjiang Yili region include?

Xinjiang Ili Autonomous Prefecture governs the Tacheng and Altay regions. It has 3 directly governed county-level cities: Yining City, Kuitun City, and Horgos City; 2 county-level cities in Tacheng Region: Tacheng City and Wusu City; 1 county-level city in Altay region: Altay City.

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, referred to as Yili or Yili Prefecture, is located in the Ili River Valley in the north of the Tianshan Mountains in the west of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It was established in 1954 and is the only administrative region in the country that has jurisdiction over both prefecture-level and county-level administrative regions. It is an autonomous prefecture and the only sub-provincial autonomous prefecture in the country.

It directly governs 3 county-level cities, 7 counties, and 1 autonomous county: Yining City, Kuitun City, Horgos City, Yining County, Qapqal Xibo Autonomous County, Huocheng County, Gongs Liu County, Xinyuan County, Zhaosu County, Tekes County, and Nilek County.

Tacheng Region: Tacheng City, Wusu City, Emin County, Shawan County, Tuoli County, Yumin County and Buxer Mongolian Autonomous County

Altay Region: Altay City, Burqin County, Fuyun County, Fuhai County, Habahe County?, Qinghe County, Jimunai County?

Extended information:

Ili Prefecture is located at 80° east longitude 9′42″---91°01′45″, north latitude 40°14′16″---49°10′45″, located in the northwest border of China and northwest Xinjiang.

It borders Russia and Mongolia in the northeast, the Republic of Kazakhstan in the west, and is adjacent to Kokedala City of the 4th Division, Shuanghe City of the 5th Division, Beitun City of the 10th Division, and Bor Tala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Karamay City, Aksu Prefecture, Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture and Shihezi City of the Eighth Division.

The total area is 350,000 square kilometers, equivalent to one-thirtieth of the total area of ​​China. At the end of 2016, the total population of the state was 4.662 million, including 2.7688 million minority people, accounting for 59.4% of the total population of the state.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture