Manas County


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 in the biggest oasis on the biggest river of the North Road, and the chief centre of the T'ung-kan population."
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Subdivisions

Manas County is made up of 7 towns, 1 township, and 3 ethnic townships.

Transport

Manas is served by China National Highway 312, the Northern Xinjiang and the Second Ürümqi-Jinghe Railways.

Notable persons