How much area is recovered from Yili?

Ili region: the administrative region before 2002, located in the west of the autonomous region and the upper reaches of the Ili River. The county has a total area of 55,325 square kilometers and a total population of 2 1 1.54 million (ethnic minorities 1.4203 million).

1954, Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture (the only sub-provincial state in China) was established, which is under the jurisdiction of one of the three districts (Ili, Tacheng and Altay). In 200 1 year, the organizational system in Yili was abolished, and county-level units were directly under the jurisdiction of Yili.

Population source: 1757 After the Qing Dynasty pacified Junggar, the surrounding area of Yili was deserted for thousands of miles. Due to the continuous immigration and Kazakhs fleeing eastward, and the nomadism during the Kazakh-Russian war ("Kazak" means refugees), a modern living pattern was formed.