Kokdala

Kokdala 可克达拉市 • كۆكدالا شەھىرى
Sub-prefecture-level city
Kokdala Location in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 43°55′59″N 81°05′06″E / 43.93306°N 81.08500°ECoordinates: 43°55′59″N 81°05′06″E / 43.93306°N 81.08500°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Xinjiang
Area
• Total	980 km^2 (380 sq mi)
Population
• Total	80,000
• Density	82/km^2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Kokdala (simplified Chinese: 可克达拉; traditional Chinese: 可克達拉; pinyin: Kěkèdálā; Uyghur: كۆكدالا شەھىرى, Көкдала‎, ULY: Kökdala) is a city in northern Xinjiang, China. Administratively, it is a county-level city under the direct administration of the regional government, though it is geographically located in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. On March 18, 2015, the city was created as the eighth city of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The city covers a land area of 980 square km and has a population of around 80,000.^[1]

References

1. "China's Xinjiang establishes eighth "corps city"". china.org.cn.