Ili region

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The Ili region is a historically contested area in Central Asia, centered in what is now northwestern China’s Xinjiang, known for its strategic location and role in Qing-era frontier conflicts.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ili region canonical 3
Ili River region 1
Ili valley 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border region
historical region
administeredAs Ili Generalship
administeredBy Qing dynasty
borders Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
climate continental climate
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
animal husbandry
cross-border trade
hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Hui
Kazakhs
Mongols
linked to: Mongol

Uyghurs
hasPart Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
Ili River valley
linked to: Aksu River valley

Yining
historicalEra 19th century
Qing dynasty period
linked to: Qing dynasty
historicallyContestedBy Dzungar Khanate
Kazakh khanates
linked to: Kazakh Khanate

Qing dynasty
Russian Empire
importantFor military defense of Xinjiang
trade between China and Central Asia
knownFor fertile river valley
multiethnic population
pastoralism
locatedIn Central Asia
Xinjiang
northwestern China
occupationEndedBy Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881)
partiallyCededDuring Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881)
partiallyCededTo Russian Empire
partOf Qing frontier system
strategicFor Central Asian trade routes
Qing dynasty
Russian Empire
traversedBy Ili River
wasOccupiedBy Russian Empire
wasOccupiedDuring 1871–1881
wasSiteOf Dungan Revolt
Ili Rebellion
Qing frontier conflicts
Sino-Russian rivalry

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Almaliq regionControlled Ili valley
linked to: Ili region
Dzungar people capital Ili region
Oirats hasCapitalInPeriod Ili region
Ili Turki language spokenIn Ili River region
linked to: Ili region