Gulja (circle)
| Uighur name | |
|---|---|
| Arabic-Persian (Kona Yeziⱪ) : | غۇلجا ناھىيىس |
| Latin (Yengi Yeziⱪ) : | Ƣulja Naⱨiyisi |
| Cyrillic ( Soviet Union ): | Ғулҗа наһийиси |
| official notation ( PRCh ): | Gulja (Yining Xian) |
| Pronunciation in IPA : | [ ʁuldʒa ] |
| other spellings: | Ghulja, Ğulca, Kuldscha, Kulja |
| Chinese name | |
| Abbreviation : | 伊宁 县 |
| Traditional characters : | 伊寧 縣 |
| Transcription in Pinyin : | Yīníng Xiàn |
| Wade-Giles transcription : | I-ning Hsien |
Gulja ( Yining ) ( Kazakh :قۇلجا اۋدانى/ Құлжа ауданы / Qulja Awdanı ) is a district of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous District in the northwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China . Its main town is the large community Jelilyüzi (吉 里 于 孜 镇).
The Sultan Vais Khan Mausoleum ( Sutan Waisi han mazha ) has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (6-294) since 2006 .
history
After 1876 the "Kuldscha area" was occupied by Russian troops under Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann and had to be returned to China in 1881.
Web links
- Official website - Chinese
- Info page - Chinese
Coordinates: 43 ° 54 ' N , 81 ° 21' E