Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, an autonomous prefecture under the jurisdiction of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has a sub-provincial organizational system. Ili Valley, located at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain in the west of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, belongs to temperate continental climate and extremely cold climate. It is the only autonomous prefecture in China that manages both regions and counties and cities. Yili Prefecture governs 1 1 county-level administrative regions (states). Quanzhou has a total area of 268,593 square kilometers. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 1 1 on June 2020, the resident population of Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture was 2,848,393.

In Yili Prefecture, there are the 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Divisions of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, yili normal university, Xinjiang Mining and Metallurgy Bureau, Xinjiang Tianshan Western State-owned Forest Management Bureau, Xinjiang Altai Mountain State-owned Forest Management Bureau, Xinjiang Cigarette Factory, Axi Gold Mine and other units directly under the central government and autonomous region.

Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture is the main breeding and production base of Xinjiang fine-wool sheep, Ilima, Xinjiang brown cattle and China Merino sheep. There are 9 national first-class ports along the border, such as Horgos, Dulata and Muzhar, and the main tourist destinations are grassland folk tourist areas such as Chaxi, Tamboura and Nalati. Cultural relics include the ancient city of Xiate, the ancient city of Wusun in Bandai Dun, the Gordon Monument, the grassland rock paintings and so on.

Climate and Hydrology in Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture

Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture has a temperate continental climate, which is obviously cool in the north and hot in the south. The mountainous area is rainy and humid, and the plain is dry and rainy. The extreme maximum temperature is 42.8℃, the extreme minimum temperature is -5 1℃, the coldest is 1℃, and the hottest is July. There is a great difference between north and south. Eight counties and three cities in Yili Prefecture belong to temperate continental climate and alpine climate type, with humid and mild climate, with annual average temperature 10.5℃, annual sunshine of 2748. 1 hour and frost-free period 149 days.

Tacheng area belongs to the arid and semi-arid climate zone in the middle temperate zone, with hot summer and cold winter in the plain and warm summer in the mountainous area. The annual average temperature is 9℃, the annual sunshine is 2870.4 hours, and the frost-free period is 158 days. Altay region is a typical continental cold climate in the northern temperate zone, with an annual average temperature of 6.3℃, annual sunshine of 3037.9 hours and frost-free period 139 days.

There are 283 rivers in Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, among which Ili River (tributaries are Tex River, Gongnaisi River and Kashi River), Irtysh River (the only river in China that flows into the Arctic Ocean, and the larger tributaries are Kara Irtysh River, Kayetes River, Brzin River, Baja River, Kuytes River, Berezi River and Kelan River) and Ulungu River (with the largest tributaries).

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture