Ili region

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border region historical region

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.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ili valley 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administeredAs Ili Generalship NERFINISHED ⓘ
administeredBy Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
cross-border trade ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hui NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kazakhs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mongols NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uyghurs NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ili River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yining NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
Qing dynasty period NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyContestedBy Dzungar Khanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kazakh khanates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantFor military defense of Xinjiang ⓘ
trade between China and Central Asia ⓘ
knownFor fertile river valley ⓘ
multiethnic population ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Xinjiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern China ⓘ
occupationEndedBy Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partiallyCededDuring Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partiallyCededTo Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Qing frontier system NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicFor Central Asian trade routes ⓘ
Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy Ili River NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasOccupiedBy Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasOccupiedDuring 1871–1881 ⓘ
wasSiteOf Dungan Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ili Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qing frontier conflicts ⓘ
Sino-Russian rivalry ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Dzungar people → capital → Ili region ⓘ
Kokand–Qing border conflicts → hasLocation → Ili region ⓘ
Almaliq → regionControlled → Ili region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ili valley