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Bole, Xinjiang

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Country
  
China

Prefecture
  
Bortala (Mongol)

Area code(s)
  
909

Elevation
  
662 m

Population
  
106,400 (2011)

Province
  
Xinjiang

Postal code
  
833400

Vehicle registration
  
新 E

Area
  
7,802 km²

Local time
  
Monday 4:38 PM

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Weather
  
2°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 44% Humidity

Bole (Bortala) (simplified Chinese: 博乐; traditional Chinese: 博樂; Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠷᠣᠲᠠᠯ᠎ᠠ, Bortal; Uyghur: بۆرتالا, Бөртала‎, ULY: Börtala, UYY: Bɵrtala?) is a county-level city in Xinjiang Province, China. The city covers an area of 7,517 square kilometres (2,902 sq mi) and as of 2003 had a total population of 403,700 (2003). Bortala means "brown grasslands/steppe" in Mongolian. Bortala is the seat of Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, which borders Kazakhstan. The Northern Xinjiang Railway runs through the city along with highways to Urumqi.

Map of Bole, Bortala, Xinjiang, China

References

Bole, Xinjiang Wikipedia