Bole, Xinjiang
Bole
Bortala | |
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| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 博乐市 |
| • Uyghur | بۆرتالا شەھىرى |
| • Mongolian | ᠪᠣᠷᠣᠲᠠᠯᠠ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ |
Sayram Lake | |
| Coordinates (Bole municipal government): 44°51′14″N 82°03′05″E / 44.8539°N 82.0514°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Autonomous prefecture | Bortala |
| Municipal seat | Nanchengqu Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,801.68 km2 (3,012.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 662 m (2,172 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 246,706 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 833400 |
| Area code | 909 |
| Vehicle registration | 新E |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 博乐 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 博樂 | ||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 博尔塔拉 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 博爾塔拉 | ||||||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Бортал | ||||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠪᠣᠷᠣᠲᠠᠯᠠ | ||||||||||
| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | بۆرتالا | ||||||||||
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| Oirat name | |||||||||||
| Oirat | ᡋᡆᠷᡆᡐᠠᠯᠠ ᡍᡆᡐᡆᠨ Borotala xoton | ||||||||||
Bole (English: /ˈbɒlə/ BO-lə), also known by its Mongolian name Bortala (lit. 'brown steppe'), is a county-level city in Xinjiang, China. It is the seat of Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, which borders Kazakhstan. The city covers an area of 7,517 square kilometres (2,902 sq mi) and has a total population of 270,000 as of 2015. The Northern Xinjiang Railway runs through the city, as do highways to Ürümqi.