| Xinyuan County | |
| Native Name: | |
| Other Name: | Künas County |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Xinjiang Northern#Xinjiang#China |
| Pushpin Label: | Xinyuan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Xinjiang |
| Coordinates: | 43.4339°N 83.2328°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Xinjiang |
| Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ili |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Künes Town |
| Area Total Km2: | 7,401 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Total: | 306,525 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Xinyuan | |
| S: | 新源县 |
| T: | 新源縣 |
| P: | Xīnyuán Xiàn |
| S2: | 巩乃斯县 |
| T2: | 鞏乃斯縣 |
| P2: | Gǒngnǎisī Xiàn |
| Uig: | كۈنەس ناھىيىسى |
| Uly: | Künes Nahiyisi |
| Uyy: | Künəs Nah̡iyisi |
| Sgs: | Künas Nahiyisi |
| Usy: | Күнәс Наһийиси |
| Lang1: | kk |
| Lang1 Content: | Kazakh: كۇنەس اۋدانى |
| Lang2: | xal |
| Order: | st |
Xinyuan County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Künas County (;), is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 7,581 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 290,000. The county is served by Xinyuan Nalati Airport.
The county's original name Künes was changed into Xinyuan in 1946 after the county established its seat on the Künes River upstream. "Xinyuan" means "New Headstream" in Chinese.[2]
Xinyuan County is divided into 9 towns and 2 townships.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Kazakh (Arabic script) | Kazakh (Cyrillic script) | Number of communities | Population (thousand) | Land area (km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | |||||||||
| Künes Town | Chinese: 新源镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: كۈنەس بازىرى | Kazakh: كۇنەس قالاشىعى | 10 | 51.5 | 270 | |||
| Zëkti Town | Chinese: 则克台镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: زېكتى بازىرى | Kazakh: زەكتى قالاشىعى | 6 | 24.6 | 503 | |||
| Araltope Town | Chinese: 阿热勒托别镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: ئارالتۆپە بازىرى | Kazakh: ارالتوبە قالاشىعى | 7 | 27 | 897.7 | |||
| Taldi Town | Chinese: 塔勒德镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: تالدى بازىرى | Kazakh: تالدى قالاشىعى | 11 | 23.4 | 1,164.3 | |||
| Narat Town | Chinese: 那拉提镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: نارات بازىرى | Kazakh: نارات قالاشىعى | 9 | 27.6 | 1,984 | |||
| Shorbulaq Town | Chinese: 肖尔布拉克镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: شوربۇلاق بازىرى | Kazakh: سوربۇلاق قالاشىعى | 8 | 9.3 | 268 | |||
| Qarabora Town | Chinese: 喀拉布拉镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: قارابورا بازىرى | Kazakh: قارابۇرا قالاشىعى | 8 | 20.6 | 633.3 | |||
| Almali Town | Chinese: 阿勒玛勒镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: ئالمالى بازىرى | Kazakh: المالى قالاشىعى | 5 | 16 | 72 | |||
| Kengsu Town | Chinese: 坎苏镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: كەڭسۇ بازىرى | Kazakh: كەڭسۋ قالاشىعى | 5 | 10.9 | 374.3 | |||
| Townships | |||||||||
| Beshtope Township | Chinese: 别斯托别乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: بەشتۆپە يېزىسى | Kazakh: بەستوبە قالاشىعى | 15 | 28.9 | 783 | |||
| Turgen Township | Chinese: 吐尔根乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: تۈرگېن يېزىسى | Kazakh: تۇرگەن قالاشىعى | 3 | 11.5 | 200 | |||
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