Korla
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Korla, also known as Kurla or Kuerle, 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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Korla
- Settlement.other_name
- Kurla, Kuerle
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 孔雀河暮色 2016 刘祖赛 - panoramio (20).jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Location of Korla within Xinjiang (China).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Korla City (pink) in Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Xinjiang Bayingolin#Xinjiang#China
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of the city centre in Xinjiang
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Xinjiang
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Autonomous prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bayingolin
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county-level city
- Official name
- ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠯ
- Country
- China
- Population
- 779352
- Area
- 7378.48
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Capital of
- Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
- Official website
- www.xjkel.gov.cn
- Image
- 孔雀河暮色 2016 刘祖赛 - panoramio (20).jpg
- Dialing code
- 996
- Licence plate code
- 新M
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- Commons category
- Korla
- topic's main category
- Category:Korla
- postal code
- 841000
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Han dynasty
- Three Kingdoms era
- Yettishar
- Qing dynasty
- People's Republic of China
- Geography
- Climate
- Administrative divisions
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transportation
- Cultural sights
- Demographics
- See also
- Notes and references
- Notes
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
Korla, also known as Kurla or Kuerle, 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Korla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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