Manas County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It covers an area of 9,174 km2 and census it had a population of 170,000. The county seat is the old town of Manas, located on the Manas River just east of Shihezi. Manass has been called: "the biggest city (after Urumchi) in the biggest oasis on the biggest river of the North Road, and the chief centre of the T’ung-kan (Т′уң-кан, Dungan) population."

Subdivisions

Manas County is made up of 7 towns, 1 township, and 3 ethnic townships.

Climate

Transport

Manas is served by China National Highway 312, the Northern Xinjiang and the Second Ürümqi-Jinghe Railways.

Notable persons