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14-641: The town of Huiyuan ( simplified Chinese : 惠远镇 ; traditional Chinese : 惠遠鎮 ; pinyin : Huìyuǎn Zhèn ; Uyghur : كۈرە بازىرى ) is located within Huocheng County , in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture , Xinjiang, China . It is situated close to the Ili River , some 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the west of Yining , the main city of the prefecture and some 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Shuiding ,

28-401: A higher-level administrative units, the borders of a town would typically include an urban core (a small town with the population on the order of 10,000 people), as well as rural area with some villages ( 村 ; cūn , or 庄 ; zhuāng ). A typical provincial map would merely show a town as a circle centered at its urban area and labeled with its name, while a more detailed one (e.g., a map of

42-427: A provincial atlas - would label the county seat location with both the name of the county (e.g., 通山县 ; Tōngshān xiàn ) and, below, and in a smaller font, with the name of the township (e.g., 通羊镇 ; Tōngyáng zhèn ). Intercity buses, trains, or riverboats destined to, or stopping at a county seat may designate its destination either by the name of the county or the name of the county-seat township. In contrast to

56-419: A single county-level division) would also show the borders dividing the county or county-level city into towns ( 镇 ) and/or township ( 乡 ) and subdistrict (街道) units. The town in which the county level government, and usually the division's main urban area), are located is often not marked on less-detailed maps, because its location is usually labeled with the name of the county level division rather than

70-521: Is the standard English translation of the Chinese 镇 (traditional: 鎮 ; pinyin : zhèn ; Wade–Giles : chen ). The Constitution of the People's Republic of China classifies towns as third-level administrative units, along with, for example, townships ( Chinese : 乡 ; pinyin : xiāng ). A township is typically smaller in population and more remote than a town. Similarly to

84-572: The Ili river in the modern Laocheng Village (老城村) in the south of the modern Huiyuan. Huiyuan suffered severe damage during the Muslim Rebellion of the 1860s. Besieged in his palace, the then General of Ili, Mingsioi , blew himself up rather than surrender to the rebels. The fort was completely destroyed during the Russian occupation that followed in 1871-81. The Russians left pursuant to

98-471: The 1881 Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881) , and in 1882 the military-administrative center moved to Suiding (now known as Shuiding ), some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the river, while a new Huiyuan fortress and the adjunct military-administrative town were rebuilt near the center of modern Huiyuan about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the river. The headquarter of the General of Ili moved back to

112-559: The Old, Taranchi , or Tartar Kuldja at Yining. James A. Millward , writing in 1998, said that the only surviving remains of the Qing era structures were a drum tower and a section of the wall that used to enclose the Jiangjun' s yamen . However, it has been reported that some of the Qing period buildings, including a bell tower and a "Governor General's Pavilion", have since been rebuilt at

126-1481: The PRC, in the official translation adopted in the ROC , both the characters " 鄉 " (pinyin: xiāng ) and " 鎮 " ( zhèn ) are translated as "townships", with zhèn specifically being "urban" township, 'with xiāng specifically translated as "rural" township Provincial-controlled division Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present A provincial-controlled division ( Chinese : 省直辖县级行政区 ; pinyin : shěng zhíxiá xiàn jí xíngzhèngqū ),

140-663: The county seat. As of the 2000 census, Huiyuan's population was reported as 20,564. Between 1762 and 1866 the Huiyuan Fortress or Huiyuan City ( 惠远城 , Huìyuǎn Chéng ), the center of the Chinese authority in Xinjiang was located within the southern area of the modern Huiyuan town. Once part of the Dzungar Khanate , this area was annexed by the Manchus in the 1750s. The Old Huiyuan fort was built in 1764 during

154-529: The name of the actual town into which this urban area falls. For example, the county government of Tongshan County is located in Tongyang Town ( 通羊镇 ; Tōngyáng zhèn ), but the maps would normally show it with a circle labeled "Tongshan County" ( 通山县 ) or simply "Tongshan" ( 通山 ). Road signs would also normally show distance to "Tongshan" rather than "Tongyang". On the other hand, more detailed maps - e.g., maps of individual prefecture-level cities in

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168-465: The new Huiyuan fort in 1894 after the construction completed. While Kuldja (now Yining ) remained the commercial center of the region throughout, Huiyuan (and then its successor Suiding) acquired a great deal of importance from their fortifications and the Chinese administration based there. Prior to its destruction, Huiyuan was also known as Ili and, to Europeans, as Kuldja or as New Kuldja , Chinese Kuldja , or Manchu Kuldja to distinguish it from

182-699: The reign of the Qianlong Emperor after the Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas . It acted as the center of Manchu military power and civilian administration in Xinjiang . The main fortress of the "Nine Forts" of Ili (see Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture#Qing dynasty for the history of the region), Huiyuan was the seat of the Governor-general of the region, the General of Ili . The fort was located less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north

196-1224: The site of the 1882 new Huiyuan fort as a tourist attraction, often referred to as the "Ancient Huiyuan Town" ( 惠远古城 ), not to be confused with the site of the old Huiyuan fort ( 惠远老城 ). Towns of China Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present When referring to political divisions of China , town

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