The county seat is the old town of Manas (玛纳斯), located on the Manasi River just east of Shihezi.
It is the sixth city in Xinjiang converted from XPCC land, after Shihezi, Aral, Tumxuk, Wujiaqu, and Beitun.
Shihezi |
These airplanes participated in the battle between Ili rebels and the Kuomintang for Shihezi and Jinghe in September 1945.