| Manas County | |
| Other Name: | Manass |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | Xinjiang#China |
| Pushpin Label: | Manas |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Xinjiang |
| Coordinates: | 44.3°N 99°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Xinjiang |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Changji |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Manas Town |
| Area Total Km2: | 9171 |
| Population Total: | 192,098 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| S: | 玛纳斯县 |
| T: | 瑪納斯縣 |
| P: | Mǎnàsī Xiàn |
| S2: | 绥来县 |
| T2: | 綏來縣 |
| P2: | Suīlái Xiàn |
| W: | Ma-na-szŭ Hsien |
| Xej: | مَانَاسِ ثِیًا |
| Uig: | ماناس ناھىيىسى |
| Uly: | Manas nahiyisi |
| Uyy: | Manas nah̡iyisi |
| Sgs: | Manas Nahiyisi |
| Usy: | Манас наһийиси |
| Order: | st |
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 and census it had a population of 170,000.
The county seat is the old town of Manas, located on the Manas 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."[2]
Manas County is made up of 7 towns, 1 township, and 3 ethnic townships.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Administrative division code | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | ||||||
| Manas Town | Chinese: 玛纳斯镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: ماناس بازىرى | 652324100 | |||
| Letuyi Town | Chinese: 乐土驿镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: لوتۇيى بازىرى | 652324101 | |||
| Baojiadian Town | Chinese: 包家店镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: باۋجيادەن بازىرى | 652324102 | |||
| Liangzhouhu Town | Chinese: 凉州户镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: لياڭجۇخۇ بازىرى | 652324103 | |||
| Beiwucha Town | Chinese: 北五岔镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: بېيۋۇچا بازىرى | 652324104 | |||
| Liuhudi Town | Chinese: 六户地镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: ليۇخۇدى بازىرى | 652324105 | |||
| Lanzhouwan Town | Chinese: 兰州湾镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: لەنجۇۋەن بازىرى | 652324106 | |||
| Township | ||||||
| Guangdongdi Township | Chinese: 广东地乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: گۇاڭدۇڭدى يېزىسى | 652324201 | |||
| Ethnic townships | ||||||
| Qingshuihezi Kazakh Ethnic Township | Chinese: 清水河子哈萨克民族乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: چىندىخوزا قازاق يېزىسى | 652324202 | (Kazakh) Kazakh: شىندىقوزى قازاق اۋىلى | ||
| Taxihe Kazakh Ethnic Township | Chinese: 塔西河乡 (Chinese: 塔西河哈萨克民族乡) | (Chinese: Tǎxīhé Hāsàkè Mínzúxiāng) | Uighur; Uyghur: تاسىرقاي قازاق يېزىسى | 652324203 | (Kazakh) Kazakh: تاسىرقاي قازاق اۋىلى | |
| Hanqiazitan Kazakh Ethnic Township | Chinese: 旱卡子滩乡 (Chinese: 旱卡子滩哈萨克民族乡) | (Chinese: Hànqiǎzǐtān Hāsàkè Mínzúxiāng) | Uighur; Uyghur: سۇساتقان قازاق يېزىسى | 652324204 | (Kazakh) Kazakh: سۋساتقان قازاق اۋىلى | |
Manas is served by China National Highway 312, the Northern Xinjiang and the Second Ürümqi-Jinghe Railways.