Yizhou District, Hami

Yizhou (Uighur: ئىۋىرغول رايونى, romanized: Iwirghol; Chinese: 伊州[1][2]; pinyin: Yīzhōu) is the central district of the Hami prefecture-level city, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Its population was 472,175 at the end of 2010. It was known as Hami county-level city until February 2016, when it was merged with the Hami Prefecture to form the Hami prefecture-level city and the county-level city was renamed Yizhou District. Xingxingxia (Singsingsia) town (星星峡镇) is located on the border with Gansu.

Yizhou 伊州区 • ئىۋىرغول رايونى
District
Location of Yizhou (red) in Hami (yellow) and Xinjiang
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Xinjiang
Prefecture-level city	Komul
Township-level divisions	3 subdistricts 2 towns 7 townships
Municipal seat	Sherqi osteng Subdistrict (东河区街道)
Population  (2010)
• Total	472,175
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

References

1. E. Bretschneider (1876). Notices of the Mediæval Geography and History of Central and Western Asia. Trübner & Company. pp. 110–.
2. Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The Branch. 1876. pp. 184–.