Yangjibaliq

Yangjibaliq, a Turkic name meaning “new city”, stood near the Manas River on the northern side of the Tian Shan. Medieval writers recorded several forms of its name, including Changbalik. The city appears in the geography of the Yuan dynasty among the lands of a Chagatai prince. Its position beside mountain-fed water placed it between the Tian Shan and the open country of the Dzungarian Basin.