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300px|thumb|Le Kongque He à Korla

'''Korla''' (库尔勒 ; Chine. C'est une ville-district, chef-lieu de la préfecture autonome mongole de Bayin'gholin.

== Géographie ==
Korla est proche des montagnes et du désert de Taklamakan.

== Climat ==
Le climat est de type continental sec. Les températures moyennes vont d'environ -6°C pour le mois le plus froid à +26°C pour le mois le plus chaud, avec une moyenne annuelle de 11,7°C, et la pluviométrie y est de 53&nbsp;mm<ref> [http://www.nightlab.ch/climate/index.php?view=China&id=1145 Températures et pluviométrie moyennes à Korla], [http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/KORLA/516560.htm Historique des relevés météorologiques à Korla]</ref>.

== Population ==
La population du district était de  habitants en 1999<ref> National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, ''in'' [http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS]</ref>.

'''Korla''' (prefecture in China. 

The city name is occasionally spelled '''Kurla''' in English. <!-- e.g. in Kim Hodong's "Holy War in China" -->
400px|thumb|Old and new live side-by-side in Korla

==Geography==
thumb|Location of Korla
Korla is approximately 200 km southwest from Urumqi (Wulumuqi), although road the trip is more than 500 km.
 

The Iron Gate Pass (Tiemenguan) leading to Yanqi (Karashahr) is about 7 km (4 miles) north of the city and, as it was easily defended, played an important part in protecting the ancient Silk Roads from raiding nomads from the north.

The Kongque River flows through the center of Korla, a unique feature amongst cities in Xinjiang. Often mistranslated as "Peacock River", the Chinese word "kongque" is actually a transliteration of the Uyghur word "konqi", meaning "an abundance of water".

==Economy==

Korla has long been the biggest centre in the region after Karashahr itself, having abundant water and extensive farmlands, as well as controlling the main routes to the south and west of Karashahr. Due to the discovery of oil in the Taklamakan Desert, Korla is now both more populous and far more developed than Karashar. Korla is home to a huge operational center for PetroChina's exploration in Xinjiang. 

Korla is known for its production of fragrant pears - 庫爾勒香梨 which are well known in the region for their sweetness and flavor.

==Demographics==
The city  had 430,000 inhabitants in Uyghurs (about 100,000)and smaller numbers of Mongols and Huis.

==History==
thumb|500px|right|A panorama of Korla
Korla was known as Weili (尉犁) (reconstructed pronunciation of first character: *i̯wəd)<ref>Karlgren, Bernhard. ''Grammata Serica'', No. 525 a-b. (1940). Reprint (1966): Ch'eng-wen Publishing Company, Taipei.</ref> during the Han Dynasty. Weili is said in the Hanshu or 'History of the Former Han' (covering the period 125 BCE to 23 CE), to have had 1,200 households, 9,600 individuals and 2,000 people able to bear arms. It also mentions that it adjoined Shanshan and Qiemo (Charchan) to the south.<ref>Hulsewé, A. F. P. and Loewe, M. A. N. 1979. ''China in Central Asia: The Early Stage 125 BC – AD 23: an annotated translation of chapters 61 and 96 of the History of the Former Han Dynasty'', p. 177. E. J. Brill, Leiden.</ref>

In 61 CE, the Xiongnu led some 30,000 troops from 15 kingdoms including Korla, Karashahr, and Kucha in a successful attack on Khotan.

In 94 CE, the Chinese general Ban Chao sent soldiers to punish the kingdoms of Yanqi (Karashahr), Weixu (Hoxud), Weili(Korla), and Shanguo (in the western Kuruk mountains).

:"He then sent the heads of the two kings of Yanqi (Karashahr) and Weili (Korla) to the capital where they were hung in front of the residences of the Man and Yi princes in the capital (Luoyang). (Ban) Chao then appointed Yuan Meng, who was the Yanqi (Karashahr) Marquis of the Left, king (of Kashgar). The kings of Weili (Korla), Weixu (Hoxud), and Shanguo (in the western Kuruk mountains) were all replaced."