Manas County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It covers an area of 9,174 square kilometres (3,542 sq mi) and as of the 2002^[update] census it had a population of 170,000.

Manas County 玛纳斯县 ماناس ناھىيىسى Manass
County
Location of Manas County (pink) in Changji Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang (grey)
Coordinates: 44°18′N 86°13′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Prefecture	Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
Township-level divisions	6 towns 3 townships 3 ethnic townships
County seat	Manas Town (玛纳斯镇)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

The county seat is the old town of Manas (玛纳斯), located on the Manasi River just east of Shihezi.

Manass has been called: "the biggest city (after Urumchi) in the biggest oasis on the biggest river of the North Road, and the chief centre of the T’ung-kan (Т′уң-кан, Dungan) population."[1]

See also

• 1906 Manasi earthquake

References

Transport

Manas is served by China National Highway 312, the Northern Xinjiang and the Second Ürümqi-Jinghe Railways.

Notable persons

• Shewket Imin (ug:شاۋكەت ئىمىن)

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[ru] Манас (уезд)