Yizhou District, Hami

Yizhou

伊州区 • ئىۋىرغول رايونى
Yizhou 伊州区 • ئىۋىرغول رايونى
District
	Location of Yizhou (red) in Hami (yellow) and Xinjiang
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Xinjiang
Prefecture-level city	Komul
Township-level divisions	3 subdistricts; 2 towns; 7 townships
Municipal seat	Sherqi osteng Subdistrict (东河区街道)
Population (2010)
• Total	472,175
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Yizhou (Uighur: ئىۋىرغول رايونى, romanized: Iwirghol; Chinese: 伊州[1][2]; pinyin: Yīzhōu) is the central district of the Hami prefecture-level city, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Its population was 472,175 at the end of 2010. It was known as Hami county-level city until February 2016, when it was merged with the Hami Prefecture to form the Hami prefecture-level city and the county-level city was renamed Yizhou District. Xingxingxia (Singsingsia) town (星星峡镇) is located on the border with Gansu.

On February 4, 2021, the city of Xinxing (Yengi Yultuz), along with several farms and ranches belonging to XPCC were separated from Yizhou District, and formed an independent county-level city.

Demographics

The statistic below also includes the now independent Xinxing (Yengi Yultuz) City.

The proportion of nationalities in Yizhou (Iwirghol) District
Nationality			Percentage
Han People			68.4%
Uyghurs			23.5%
Hui People			3.9%
Kazakhs			3.0%
Mongols			0.3%
Others			0.9%
Source of the population statistics :[3]

References

E. Bretschneider (1876). Notices of the Mediæval Geography and History of Central and Western Asia. Trübner & Company. pp. 110–.
Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The Branch. 1876. pp. 184–.
3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 [3-7 Population by Nationality by Prefecture, State, City and County (City)]. tjj.xinjiang.gov.cn (in Chinese). Statistical Bureau of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 2020-06-10. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-06-11.

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[Bretschneider1876-1] E. Bretschneider (1876). Notices of the Mediæval Geography and History of Central and Western Asia. Trübner & Company. pp. 110–.

[2] Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The Branch. 1876. pp. 184–.

[3] 3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 [3-7 Population by Nationality by Prefecture, State, City and County (City)]. tjj.xinjiang.gov.cn (in Chinese). Statistical Bureau of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 2020-06-10. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-06-11.