Wenquan County

Wenquan County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Mongolian as Arixang County, is a county in the northwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Börtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, bordering Kazakhstan's Almaty Region to the north and west. It contains an area of 5,900 km2 (2,300 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 70,000.

Wenquan County

温泉县 · ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ · قاغىلىق ناھىيىسى
Wenquan County (red) within Bortala Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Wenquan
Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Coordinates (Wenquan County government): 44°58′08″N 81°01′29″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionXinjiang
Autonomous prefectureBortala
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Wenquan County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese温泉县
Traditional Chinese溫泉縣
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese阿日相县
Traditional Chinese阿日相縣
Literal meaninghot springs (from Mongolian)
Mongolian name
Mongolian scriptᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ
Uyghur name
Uyghurقاغىلىق ناھىيىسى


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