The Sibe or Xibo, are a Tungusic-speaking East Asian ethnic group living mostly in Xinjiang, Jilin and Shenyang in Liaoning. The Sibe form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China, and had a recorded population of 190,481 in the 2010 Chinese Census, comprising just over 0.014% of China's total population.
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in northern Xinjiang, China. Its capital is Yining, also known as Ghulja or Kulja.
The Ili is a river situated in Northwest China and Southeastern Kazakhstan. It flows from the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region to the Almaty Region in Kazakhstan.
Tacheng, as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Mongolian as Qoqak, is a county-level city and the administrative seat of Tacheng Prefecture, in northern Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang.
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Northern Xinjiang, is the only Xibe autonomous county of the People's Republic of China, bordering Kazakhstan's Almaty Region to the west. It has an area of 4,430 square kilometers and a population 160,000 (2000). Qapqal means "the granary" in the Xibe language.
Shuiding, formerly Suiding (Suiting) is a town in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China and the county seat of Huocheng County. It is located some 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the northwest of Yining, the main city of the prefecture, and some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the Ili River.
Zhaosu County, also known as Mongolküre County, is a county in northwestern Xinjiang, China. It is under the administration of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture and shares a border with Kazakhstan's Almaty Region to the west. It covers an area of 10,455 km2 (4,037 sq mi). According to the 2012 census, it had a population of 189,102.
The Sibe language is a Tungusic language spoken by members of the Sibe minority of Xinjiang, in Northwest China.
Tong Liya is a Chinese actress of Xibe ethnicity.
The General of Ili, also known in western sources as the Kuldya Military Governor, was a position created during the reign of the Qing Qianlong Emperor to "pacify" Dzungaria and suppress uprisings by the Khoja "Rebels". The General of Ili governed the entire Xinjiang during Qing rule until it was turned into a province.
Yili Normal University is a higher normal school in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It is co-funded by the Ministry of Education, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Government, and Jiangsu Provincial Government with the support from Nanjing University and Nanjing Normal University.
The Ili Turks are a Turkic unrecognized ethnic group in China native to Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Northern Xinjiang of China, and Kazakhstan. They call themselves "Turk" or "Zhonghua Minzu". Their oral history says they came from the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan. The distinct Ili Turki language belongs to the Karluk languages, but is listed as Uzbek by Chinese authorities.
Hainuke Temple, known as "Hainukedugang" in Mongolian and "Yinding Temple" (银顶寺) in Chinese, was a temple of Gelug from the time of the Dzungar Khanate.
Qūrmaş Syrjanūly is a Chinese politician of Kazakh ethnicity who served as governor of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture between 2016 and 2021.
Mänen Zeinelūly is a Chinese politician of Kazakh ethnicity who served as vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region between 2016 and 2021, governor of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture between 2012 and 2016, and governor of Tacheng Prefecture between 2008 and 2011.
Qaden Kabenūly is a Chinese politician of Kazakh ethnicity who is serving as secretary-general of the CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee, in office since October 2021. Previously he served as governor of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture and before that, as governor of Altay Prefecture.
Qadirbek Qamza is a Chinese politician of Kazakh ethnicity who is the current vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
