Altay Prefecture
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Altay Prefecture | |
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 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 | |
| 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[1] | |
| • 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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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| 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 name | |||||||||||||
| 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.[2][3]
Subdivisions
[edit]The prefecture is divided into one county-level city and six counties.
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| # | 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 City | 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[4] | 富蕴县 | Fùyùn Xiàn | كوكتوقاي ناھىيىسى | Koktoqay Nahiyisi | كوكتوعاي اۋدانى | Kóktoǵaı aýdany | 99,748 | 32,209 | 3.10 |
| 4 | Fuhai County[4] | 福海县 | Fúhǎi Xiàn | بۇرۇلتوقاي ناھىيىسى | Burultoqay Nahiyisi | بۋرىلتوعاي اۋدانى | Buryltoǵaı aýdany | 75,537 | 33,261 | 2.27 |
| 5 | Habahe County[4] | 哈巴河县 | Hābāhé Xiàn | قابا ناھىيىسى | Qaba Nahiyisi | قابا اۋدانى | Qaba aýdany | 82,524 | 8,181 | 10.09 |
| 6 | Qinghe County[4] | 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 |
Demographics
[edit]Administration
[edit]Secretary of the Party Committee
- Zhang Yan
- Mar.2017–
Administrative Commissioner
- Mawken Seyitqamzaüli 2003 – 2007
- Aitzhanuly Sabir
- Talgat Usen zh:塔里哈提·吾逊 2012? — 1 April 2017
- Qadan Käbenuly 1 April 2017 — April 2021
- Zhenis Khadis 2021 – ?
- Aydyn Toleukhanuly
References
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- ^ 新疆维吾尔自治区统计局、国家统计局新疆调查总队 (2021). 《新疆统计年鉴－2020》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-9457-5.
- ^ "China's 8,000-year-old skiing method". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Skiing's Origins Being Preserved in Remote Western China". Voice of America. 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ a b c d The official spelling according to 中国地名录. Beijing: SinoMaps Press (中国地图出版社). 1997. ISBN 7-5031-1718-4.
- ^ 3–7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 [3–7 Ethnic composition of Prefectures, States, Cities and Counties]. tjj.xinjiang.gov.cn (in Chinese). Statistical Bureau of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 2020-06-10. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
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