Area 117,800 km² Local time Monday 1:04 PM | Time zone China Standard (UTC+8) Metropolitan area 10,852 km² | |
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Country People's Republic of China Website Altay Prefecture Government Weather -9°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 84% Humidity Points of interest Kanas Lake, Xinjiang Kanas National, 可可托海地質公園 Koktokay, Cocoa Suri, Tavan Bogd | ||
Altay Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 阿勒泰地区; traditional Chinese: 阿勒泰地區; pinyin: Ālètài Dìqū, Xiao'erjing: اَلْتَىْ دِٿٗوٗ; Uyghur: ئالتاي ۋىلايىتى, Алтай Вилайити, ULY: Altay Wilayiti; Kazakh: التاي ايماعى, Алтай аймағы, Altay aymağı) 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.
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Map of Altay, Xinjiang, China
Subdivisions
The prefecture is divided into 1 county-level city and 6 counties.