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Baicheng (Chinese: 白城; pinyin: Báichéng; literally "White City") is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Jilin province, Northeast China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Heilongjiang to the east and northeast. At the 2010 census, 2,033,058 people resided within its administrative area of 25,683 square kilometres.
The area around present day Baicheng was a nomadic area which was inhabited by several nomad tribes in Northeast China. As Qing Government forsook the settlement of Han Chinese in the 19th century, no farming was allowed until 1902. In 1904 Baicheng became a county going by the name of Jing'an(靖安). In 1914 Jing'an County was renamed Tao'an(洮南). By 1938 it was finally renamed Baicheng, which Mandarin means white town. The name's origin is the Mongolian name of the city Chaghanhot, which also means "white town". Baicheng used to belong to Heilongjiang province before it became a city within Jilin province.
Baicheng's importance started to increase after a railway from Qiqihar to Siping through Baicheng was constructed in the 1920s. In the 1930s another railway connecting Baicheng to Ulanhot and the mines at Arxan was opened northwestward. These two lines enabled Baicheng to become a regional transportation hub in western Jilin Province. One more rail line connectiong Changchun was opened in the mid-1930s as well.
The Baicheng (Bay) County (Uyghur: باي ناھىيىس, ULY: Bay Nahiyisi, UPNY: Bay Nah̡iyisi?) is a county in the Aksu Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The county's land area is 15,889 km2. According the 2002 census, it has a population of 200,000.[citation needed]
The county is located in the northern part of the prefecture, occupying the valley of the Muzart River between the southern slopes of the Tengritagh and the Qoltagh (Chinese Pinyin: Queletage Range (却勒塔格山)).
Coordinates: 41°46′12″N 81°52′12″E / 41.77°N 81.87°E / 41.77; 81.87