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'''Jimsar County''' ({{Lang-ug3|جىمىسار ناھىيىسى|Jimisar Nahiyisi|Jimisar Nah̡iyisi}}) is a county in the ] and is under the administration of the ] in the ]. It contains an area of 8,149 km<sup>2</sup>. According to the ] census, it has a population of 130,000. |
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'''Jimsar County''' ({{ug|جىمىسار ناھىيىسى|Jimisar Nahiyisi|Jimisar Nah̡iyisi}}) is a county in the ] and is under the administration of the ] in the ]. It contains an area of 8,149 km<sup>2</sup>. According to the ] census, it has a population of 130,000. |
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The city Jimsar is located at 43°59'N, 89°4'East, it is a location of the Uyghur ancient southern capital ] (Turkic ''Main City''), that became the Uyghur main capital after a disastrous results of the Kirgiz Kaganate attack on the Uyghur northern capital ] (''Khanbalyk''). After the attack, a significant part of the Uyghur Kaganate population fled to the area of the present Jimsar County and Tarim Basin in general. <ref>C. Beckwith, ''"Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present"'', Princeton University Press, 2009, pp. 148, 159</ref> |
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The city Jimsar is located at 43°59'N, 89°4'East, it is a location of the Uyghur ancient southern capital ] (Turkic ''Main City''), that became the Uyghur main capital after a disastrous results of the Kirgiz Kaganate attack on the Uyghur northern capital ] (''Khanbalyk''). After the attack, a significant part of the Uyghur Kaganate population fled to the area of the present Jimsar County and Tarim Basin in general. <ref>C. Beckwith, ''"Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present"'', Princeton University Press, 2009, pp. 148, 159</ref> |
