Editing Yining (section)

{{Short description|County-level city in Xinjiang, China}}
{{Redirect|Kulja|other uses|Yining (disambiguation)|and|Kulja (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date = March 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| name                         = Yining
| native_name                  = {{native name|zh-Hans-CN|伊宁市}}<br/>{{native name|ug|غۇلجا}}<br/>{{native name|kk-Arab|قۇلجا}}
| other_name                   = Ghulja, Kulja, Ningyuan
| settlement_type              = [[County-level city]]
| pushpin_map                  = China Xinjiang Northern#Xinjiang#China
| pushpin_label_position       = 
| pushpin_map_caption          = Location in Xinjiang
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| coordinates                  = {{coord|43.9080|N|81.2777|E|type:adm3rd_region:CN-65_source:Gaode|format=dms|display=it}}
| coor_pinpoint = Yining municipal government
| image_skyline                = {{multiple image
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  | image1                   = Batul Mosque of Yining.jpg
  | alt1                     = 
  | caption1                 = {{ill|Batul Mosque|lt=|zh|拜图拉清真寺}}
  | image2                   = A house in the Liuxingjie Neighborhood.jpg
  | alt2                     = 
  | caption2                 = Liuxingjie Neighborhood
  | image3                   = 苏碧怡商厦 - panoramio.jpg
  | alt3                     = 
  | caption3                 = Downtown Yining
  | image4                   = Along the Ili River, Yining, Xinjiang 2020-10-03.jpg
  | alt4                     = 
  | caption4                 = [[Ili River]]
  }}
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| subdivision_type             = Country
| subdivision_name             = China
| subdivision_type1            = [[Autonomous regions of China|Autonomous region]]
| subdivision_name1            = [[Xinjiang]]
| subdivision_type2            = [[Autonomous prefecture]]
| subdivision_name2            = [[Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture|Ili]]
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| seat_type                    = Municipal seat
| seat                         = [[Döngmehelle Subdistrict]]
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|area_urban_footnotes          = (2018)<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|title=Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition|last=Cox|first=W|publisher=Demographia|year=2018|location=St. Louis|pages=88}}</ref>
| area_total_km2               = 616.7
| area_land_km2                = 
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| area_water_percent           = 
| area_urban_km2               = 49
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| population_footnotes         = <ref>{{cite web|title = Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties|url = http://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/xinjiang/admin/|access-date = }}</ref>
| population_total             = 778,047
| population_as_of             = 2020
| population_density_km2       = auto
| population_urban             = 345,000
| population_urban_footnotes   = &nbsp;(2018)<ref name="auto"/>
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
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| timezone1                    = [[China Standard Time|China Standard]]{{efn|Locals in Xinjiang frequently observe [[UTC+6]] ([[Xinjiang Time]]), 2 hours behind Beijing.}}
| utc_offset1                  = +8
| postal_code_type             = [[Postal code of China|Postal code]]
| postal_code                  = 835000
| area_code_type               = 
| area_code                    = 0999
| website                      = {{Official website|http://www.zgyn.gov.cn/}}
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{{Infobox Chinese
|s = 伊宁
|t = 伊寧
|p = Yīníng
|w = {{tone superscript|I1-ning2}}
|c2 = 固勒扎
|p2 = Gùlèzhā
|w2 = {{tone superscript|Ku4-lê4-cha1}}
|altname3=Ningyuan
|s3=宁远
|t3=寧遠
|p3=Níngyuǎn
|mnc = ᡤᡡᠯᠵᠠ
|mnc_a = Gvlja
|mnc_v = Gūlja
|mon = Хулж
|mong = ᠬᠤᠯᠵᠠ
|rus = Кульджа
|rusr = Kuldzha
|tib = གུལ་ཅ
|wylie = gul ca
|thdl =
|zwpy =
|lhasa =
|uig = غۇلجا
|uly = Ghulja
|uyy = Ƣulja
|sgs = Ĝulja
|usy = Ғулҗа
|lang1 = kk
|lang1_content = {{lang|kk-Arab|قۇلجا}}<br/>Құлжа<br/>{{transliteration|kk|Qulja}}
|lang2 = xal
|lang2_content = {{MongolUnicode|ᡎᡇᠯᠴᠠ|v}}
|lang3 = chg
|lang3_content = غولجا
|order = st
}}
'''Yining'''<ref name="official">The official spelling according to {{cite book|script-title=zh:中国地名录|location=Beijing|publisher=[[SinoMaps Press]] ({{lang|zh-hans|中国地图出版社}})|year=1997|isbn=7-5031-1718-4}}</ref> ({{lang-zh|s=伊宁}}), also known as '''Ghulja''' ({{langx|ug|غۇلجا}}) or '''Kulja''' ([[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]: {{lang|kk-Arab|قۇلجا}}), is a [[county-level city]] in northwestern [[Xinjiang]], China. It is the administrative seat and largest city of [[Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture]]. Yining is the modern successor to the nearby ruined city of [[Almaliq, Xinjiang|Almaliq]], [[Huocheng County]], and is the third largest city in Xinjiang after [[Ürümqi]] and [[Korla]].