Luntai County


Luntai County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Mongolian as Bügür County, is a county in central Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 90,000.
Luntai has a long history associated with China. When the city refused aid to Li Guangli's Fergana campaign, the inhabitants were slaughtered. Around 80 BC, a Han military colony was established on the site.