Which city does Yining County belong to?

Yining County belongs to the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Yining County, affiliated to the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is located in the west of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in the western section of the Tianshan Mountains, and in the middle of the Ili Valley. The geographical coordinates are between 81°13′40″-82°42′20″ east longitude and 43°35′10″-44°29′30″ north latitude. The longest east-west distance of the county is 116 kilometers, and the longest north-south distance is 95 kilometers. , the administrative area is 6153 square kilometers.

Yining County, formerly known as "Ningyuan County", was founded in the 14th year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1888). It was named after the county seat of "Ningyuan". In the second year of the Republic of China (1913), it was changed to Yining County, named after the first characters of Yili and Ningyuan. Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Mongolians and other ethnic minorities still use "Gulza" (the ethnic minority name for Ningyuan City), which is a Turkic language and means argali.

Yining County borders Yining County to the east, Huocheng County to the west, Ili River to the south and Qapqal Xibo Autonomous County across the river, and Kogurqin Mountain to the north. It is 509 kilometers away from Urumqi by air, 614 kilometers by railway, and 702 kilometers by highway.