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== Area and population ==
The city of Yining is a county-level administrative unit located along [[Ili River]]. As of 2015, it has an estimated population of 542,507, with a total land area of {{convert|629|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |title = Yining: Bulletin for economical and social development in 2015 |url = http://www.ahmhxc.com/tongjigongbao/3275_4.html |access-date = 20 April 2016}}</ref> It is the most populous city in the [[Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture]].

The land area and population of the City of Yining saw an increase in 2003; the increase resulted from the transfer of two villages with some {{convert|100|km2|abbr=on}} of land from the adjacent [[Yining County]], which is a separate administrative unit from the city.

Yining's population is primarily [[Uyghurs|Uyghur]], [[Han Chinese|Han]], [[Hui people|Hui]], and [[Kazakhs in China|Kazakh]], along with smaller numbers of people of [[Mongols in China|Mongolian]], [[Sibe people|Xibe]], [[Uzbeks in China|Uzbek]], [[Russians in China|Russian]], or other ethnicity.