Altay Prefecture
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 | |
| 117,710 km2 (45,450 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 10,826 km2 (4,180 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 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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| 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 | 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.