Where is Ili Prefecture?

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture is located in the Ili Valley in the northern Tianshan Mountains in the west of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

It belongs to temperate continental climate and alpine climate. Yili Prefecture governs 1 1 county-level administrative regions (states). In Yili Prefecture, there are the 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Divisions of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, yili normal university, Xinjiang Mining and Metallurgy Bureau, Xinjiang Tianshan Western State-owned Forest Management Bureau, Xinjiang Altai Mountain State-owned Forest Management Bureau, Xinjiang Cigarette Factory, Axi Gold Mine and other units directly under the central government and autonomous region.

Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture is the main breeding and production base of Xinjiang fine-wool sheep, Ilima, Xinjiang brown cattle and China Merino sheep. There are 9 national first-class ports along the border, such as Horgos, Dulata and Muzhar, and the main tourist destinations are grassland folk tourist areas such as Chaxi, Tamboura and Nalati. Cultural relics include the ancient city of Xiate, the ancient city of Wusun in Bandai Dun, the Gordon Monument, the grassland rock paintings and so on.

In 20 19, the GDP of Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (Quanzhou) was 222.645 billion yuan, up by 6.0% over the previous year. In 20 19, the GDP of counties and cities directly under the state was 1 1907 1 billion yuan, an increase of 6.5% over the previous year. In 2020, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture will reach 2338. 1 1 billion yuan, an increase of 4.4% over the previous year.