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Altay Prefecture
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Coordinates (Altay City): 47°50′N 88°08′E / 47.83°N 88.13°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Xinjiang |
Sub-provincial | Ili Prefecture |
Seat | Altay City |
Area | |
• Prefecture | 117,710 km2 (45,450 sq mi) |
• Metro | 10,826 km2 (4,180 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census) | |
• Prefecture | 648,173 |
• Density | 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi) |
• Metro | 221,454 |
• Metro density | 20/km2 (53/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Prefecture | CN¥ 33.9 billion US$ 4.9 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 51,524 US$ 7,469 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
ISO 3166 code | CN-XJ-43 |
Website | Altay Prefecture Government |
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Simplified Chinese | 阿勒泰地区 | ||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 阿勒泰地區 | ||||||||||||
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Uyghur name | |||||||||||||
Uyghur | ئالتاي ۋىلايىتى | ||||||||||||
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Kazakh | التاي ايماعى Altaı Aımaǵy |
Altay Prefecture is located in Northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of 118,015 km2 (45,566 sq mi) and a population of 561,667 (2000). It is a part of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. As of the 2000 census, Altay was the only major subdivision of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture with an ethnic Kazakh majority (about 51%). In 2007, it had a GDP of RMB 9.9 billion with a 12% growth rate. It also shares an international border with the neighboring Altai Republic, located within Russia.
Altay is considered the birthplace of skiing, based on 10,000 to 30,000 year old cave paintings depicting skiers.
The prefecture is divided into one county-level city and two counties.
# | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Kazakh (Arabic script) | Kazakh Latin alphabet | Population (2020 Census) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
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1 | Altay | 阿勒泰市 | Ālètài Shì | ئالتاي شەھىرى | Altay Shehiri | التاي قالاسى | Altaı qalasy | 221,454 | 10,826 | 20.46 |
2 | Burqin County | 布尔津县 | Bù'ěrjīn Xiàn | بۇرچىن ناھىيىسى | Burchin Nahiyisi | بۋىرشىن اۋدانى | Býyrshyn aýdany | 72,894 | 10,345 | 7.05 |
3 | Fuyun County | 富蕴县 | Fùyùn Xiàn | كوكتوقاي ناھىيىسى | Koktoqay Nahiyisi | كوكتوعاي اۋدانى | Kóktoǵaı aýdany | 99,748 | 32,209 | 3.10 |
4 | Fuhai County | 福海县 | Fúhǎi Xiàn | بۇرۇلتوقاي ناھىيىسى | Burultoqay Nahiyisi | بۋرىلتوعاي اۋدانى | Buryltoǵaı aýdany | 75,537 | 33,261 | 2.27 |
5 | Habahe County | 哈巴河县 | Hābāhé Xiàn | قابا ناھىيىسى | Qaba Nahiyisi | قابا اۋدانى | Qaba aýdany | 82,524 | 8,181 | 10.09 |
6 | Qinghe County | 青河县 | Qīnghé Xiàn | چىڭگىل ناھىيىسى | Chinggil Nahiyisi | شىڭگىل اۋدانى | Shińgil aýdany | 61,680 | 15,743 | 3.92 |
7 | Jeminay County | 吉木乃县 | Jímùnǎi Xiàn | جېمىنەي ناھىيىسى | Jëminey Nahiyisi | جەمەنەي اۋدانى | Jemeneı aýdany | 34,336 | 7,146 | 4.80 |
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