Altay Prefecture

Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地区 ئالتاي ۋىلايىتى التاي ايماعى
Prefecture
Black Irtysh river in Burqin County
Altay Prefecture (red) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (light red) and Xinjiang (orange)
Coordinates (Altay City): 47°50′N 88°08′E / 47.83°N 88.13°E / 47.83; 88.13Coordinates: 47°50′N 88°08′E / 47.83°N 88.13°E / 47.83; 88.13
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Xinjiang
Sub-provincial	Ili Prefecture
Seat	Altay City
Area
• Prefecture	117,800 km2 (45,500 sq mi)
• Urban	10,852 km2 (4,190 sq mi)
• Metro	10,852 km2 (4,190 sq mi)
Population  (2010 census)
• Prefecture	603,280
• Density	5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
• Urban	216,890
• Urban density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
• Metro	216,890
• Metro density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 code	CN-XJ-43
Website	Altay Prefecture Government

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 Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. At 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 is also shares international border with the neighboring Altai Republic, Russia.

Subdivisions[]

The prefecture is divided into 1 county-level city and 6 counties.

#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Uyghur (UEY)	Uyghur Latin (ULY)	Kazakh (Arabic script)	Kazakh Latin alphabet	Population (2010 Census)	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)
1	Altay	阿勒泰市	Ālètài Shì	ئالتاي شەھىرى	Altay Shehiri	التاي قالاسى‎	Altaı qalasy	190,064	10,852	17.51
2	Burqin County	布尔津县	Bù'ěrjīn Xiàn	بۇرچىن ناھىيىسى	Burchin Nahiyisi	بۋىرشىن اۋدانى‎	Býyrshyn aýdany	66,758	10,369	6.43
3	Fuyun County[1]	富蕴县	Fùyùn Xiàn	كوكتوقاي ناھىيىسى	Koktoqay Nahiyisi	كوكتوعاي اۋدانى‎	Kóktoǵaı aýdany	87,886	32,327	2.71
4	Fuhai County[1]	福海县	Fúhǎi Xiàn	بۇرۇلتوقاي ناھىيىسى	Burultoqay Nahiyisi	بۋرىلتوعاي اۋدانى‎	Buryltoǵaı aýdany	81,845	33,319	2.45
5	Habahe County[1]	哈巴河县	Hābāhé Xiàn	قابا ناھىيىسى	Qaba Nahiyisi	قابا اۋدانى‎	Qaba aýdany	82,507	8,186	10.07
6	Qinghe County[1]	青河县	Qīnghé Xiàn	چىڭگىل ناھىيىسى	Chinggil Nahiyisi	شىڭگىل اۋدانى‎	Shińgil aýdany	58,858	15,790	3.72
7	Jeminay County	吉木乃县	Jímùnǎi Xiàn	جېمىنەي ناھىيىسى	Jëminey Nahiyisi	جەمەنەي اۋدانى‎	Jemeneı aýdany	35,365	7,145	4.94

Demographics[]

Administration[]

Secretary of the Party Committee

• Zhang Yan
• Mar.2017-

Administrative Commissioner

• Hadan Kabin
• Apr.2017-

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