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Korla
Kurla, Kuerle | |
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.png) Location of Korla City (pink) in Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
  Korla Location of the city centre in Xinjiang  Korla Korla (Xinjiang)  Korla Korla (China) | |
| Coordinates (Korla municipal government): 41°43′33″N 86°10′29″E / 41.7259°N 86.1746°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Autonomous prefecture | Bayingolin |
| Municipal seat | Xincheng Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| 7,219.48 km2 (2,787.46 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 246 km2 (95 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| 779,352 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2018)[3] | 770,000 |
| • Urban density | 3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 841000[4] |
| Area code | 0996 |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 库尔勒 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 庫爾勒 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Krorain | ||||||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠯ | ||||||||||
| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | كورلا | ||||||||||
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Korla,[5][6] also known as Kurla[7][8][9][10][11] or Kuerle,[6] is the second largest city by population in Xinjiang, China. It is a county-level city and the seat of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, the largest prefecture of China.
Korla has existed since at least the Han dynasty. Korla is known for its production of fragrant pears and is a production center for the Tarim oil fields.
- ^ Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 22.
- ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- ^ Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 22.
- ^ Area Code and Postal Code in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Archived 2012-07-28 at archive.today (in English)
- ^ The official spelling according to 中国地名录. Beijing: SinoMaps Press (中国地图出版社). 1997. ISBN 7-5031-1718-4.
- ^ a b Mihray Abdilim, Joshua Lipes (21 September 2020). "Missing Uyghur Confirmed Dead by UN Working Group on Disappearances". Radio Free Asia. Translated by Elise Anderson. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
Most recently, Hapiz had been conducting business between Kashgar and Korla (Kuerle)—a county-level city in Bayin'gholin Mongol (Bayinguoleng Menggu) Autonomous Prefecture and the XUAR's second-largest city—several prefectures away.
- ^ "EXCAVATIONS iv. In Chinese Turkestan". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
Large-scale works were undertaken at the site of Šikšin, half-way between the towns of Qara Šahr and Kurla, which occupies a plateau of about 15 hectares.
- ^ Kurla (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Journal of the Northwest Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 1935. p. 43.
Kurla 庫爾勒
- ^ "Mainland Periscope". Taiwan Today. 1 April 1965.
- ^ Yang Jikun. "DESCRIPTION OF A NEW PEAR PEST FROM KURLA (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)".
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