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 9,174 square kilometres (3,542 sq mi) and as of the 2002 census it had a population of 170,000.
4-588: 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." Manas County is made up of 7 towns , 1 township , and 3 ethnic townships . Manas is served by China National Highway 312 ,
8-542: The Northern Xinjiang and the Second Ürümqi-Jinghe Railways. This Xinjiang location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Manasi River The Manasi River ( simplified Chinese : 玛纳斯河 ; traditional Chinese : 瑪納斯河 ; pinyin : Mǎnàsī hé , Uyghur : ماناس دەرياسى also called Manas ) is in the south of Dzungarian Basin , Xinjiang , China . Historically,
12-624: The 1960s, and the lake has gone dry. Numerous reservoirs are constructed on the Manas River and connected streams in the Shihezi City- Manas County area, including the Jiahezi Reservoir ( 夹河子水库 ; Jiāhézi shuǐkù ) with the dam at 44°27′00″N 86°7′15″E / 44.45000°N 86.12083°E / 44.45000; 86.12083 . The reservoirs and canals form an extensive irrigation system in
16-532: The Manas River crossed a large section of the Gurbantünggüt Desert , terminating in Lake Manas ( 45°48′00″N 85°56′00″E / 45.80000°N 85.93333°E / 45.80000; 85.93333 ); its length then was about 450 km (280 mi) long. However, due to the water diversion for irrigation and other needs, the Manas River's water has not reached the eponymous lake since
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