| Yuli County | |
| Native Name: | |
| Other Name: | Yülihsien, Lopnur |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Xinjiang Bayingolin#Xinjiang#China |
| Pushpin Label: | Yuli |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Xinjiang |
| Coordinates: | 41.344°N 86.261°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Xinjiang |
| Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bayingolin |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Yuli (Lopnur) |
| Area Total Km2: | 59401.78 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Total: | 101,866 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics Type2: | Ethnic groups |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Major ethnic groups |
| Demographics2 Info1: | Han Chinese, Uyghur[2] |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 841500 |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| W: | Yü⁴-li² Hsien⁴ |
| P: | Yùlí Xiàn |
| S2: | 罗布淖尔县 |
| T2: | 羅布淖爾縣 |
| P2: | Luóbùnào'ěr Xiàn |
| S3: | 罗布泊县 |
| T3: | 羅布泊縣 |
| P3: | Luóbùpō Xiàn |
| Uig: | لوپنۇر ناھىيىسى |
| Uly: | Lopnur Nahiyisi |
| Uyy: | Lopnur Nah̡iyisi |
| Sgs: | Lopnur Nahiyisi |
| Usy: | Лопнур наһийиси |
| Order: | st |
Yuli County as the official Romanized name, also transliterated from Mongolian as Lopnur County (Lop Nur), is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 59399km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 100,000.
The etymology was discussed in detail in the article On the Place Name Yuli and Rouran (Chinese: 尉犁地名和柔然源流考) by Li Shuhui (Chinese: 李树辉).
The name Yuli was postulated to have come from Turkic ("one who is stationed; one who stays"), the name of a Turkic clan, and derived from (verb form, "to be stationed in") + -gir (adjectival suffix).
Both and were said to be recorded in the ancient dictionary Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, although the exact Arabic-script forms are unknown, perhaps Uighur; Uyghur: اُرَكِرْ Üregir, Uighur; Uyghur: يُرَكِرْ Yüregir, the 15th clan of the Oghuz.
In 2016, Tuanjie was upgraded from a township to a town.[3]
In 2018, Xingping was upgraded from a township to a town.
The county is bordered to the northeast by Toksun County.
Yuli County includes three towns and five townships:[4] [5] [6]
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Mongolian (traditional) | Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Administrative division code | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | |||||||||
| Yuli Town (Lopnur Town) | Chinese: 尉犁镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: لوپنۇر بازىرى | 652823100 | ||||||
| Tuanjie Town | Chinese: 团结镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: ئىتتىپاق بازىرى | 652823110 | formerly Tuanjie Township (团结乡) | |||||
| Xingping Town | Chinese: 兴平镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: شىڭپىڭ بازىرى | 652823120 | formerly Xingping Township (兴平乡) | |||||
| Townships | |||||||||
| Tarim Township[7] | Chinese: 塔里木乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: تارىم يېزىسى[8] | 652823200 | ||||||
| Dongkotan Township | Chinese: 墩阔坦乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: دۆڭقوتان يېزىسى | 652823203 | ||||||
| Karquga Township | Chinese: 喀尔曲尕乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: قارچۇغا يېزىسى | 652823204 | ||||||
| Aksopi Township[9] | Chinese: 阿克苏普乡 (Chinese: 阿克苏甫乡) | Uighur; Uyghur: ئاقسوپى يېزىسى | 652823205 | ||||||
| Gülbag Township | Chinese: 古勒巴格乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: گۈلباغ يېزىسى | 652823206 | ||||||
Others:
, there was about 2,960 acres (19,564 mu) of cultivated land in Yuli.[10]
As of 2015, 68,281 (66.20%) of the 103,143 residents of the county were Han Chinese, 33,752 (32.72%) were Uyghur and 1,110 were from other ethnic groups.[11]
As of 1999, 70.54% of the population of Yuli (Lopnur) County was Han Chinese and 28.68% of the population was Uyghur.[12]
As of 1997, several townships had a majority of Uyghur residents including Ka'erquga Township (98.6%), Donghetan Township (98.5%), Akesufu/Akesupu Township (90.1%), Gulebage Township (65.3%), Xingping Township (61.6%) and others.[2]