Is Yili a county or a city?

Yili, Xinjiang is an Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture with 7 counties, 1 autonomous county, namely Yining County, Chabuchar Xibo Autonomous County, Huocheng County, Gong Liu County, xinyuan county County, Zhaosu County, Tekes County and Nilek County.

1, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture is directly under the jurisdiction of Yining City and Horgos City, Kuitun City.

2. There are 13 streets, 19 towns, 78 townships, 160 communities and 656 villagers' committees in Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.

Extended data:

1, Yili is known as "South of the Great Wall", "Wet Island of Central Asia" and "Flower City", and Yining City is the capital of Yili Prefecture. Quanzhou, with a total area of 350,000 square kilometers and abundant rainfall, is known as the wet island of Central Asia or the south of the Yangtze River beyond the Great Wall.

2. Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture is located in the hinterland of Central Asia, where there are many mountains, vast mountain plain basins and river valleys. "Three mountains, two basins and two valleys" constitute the main geomorphic unit of the Autonomous Prefecture.

3. Xinjiang, referred to as "new". Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the capital of Urumqi, is located in the northwest border of China. It is one of the five minority autonomous regions in China and the largest provincial administrative region in China, covering an area of 6,543,800 square kilometers, accounting for one sixth of the total land area of China.

4. Xinjiang is a multi-ethnic area, with 47 ethnic groups including Han, Uygur, Kazak, Hui, Kirgiz, Mongolian, Tajik, Xibe, Manchu, Uzbek, Turkmen, Russian, Daur and Tatar 13.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture Baidu Encyclopedia _ Xinjiang