Altay City

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Altay or Aletai is a county-level city in Altay Prefecture within Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, in far Northern Xinjiang, China. The city centre is located on the banks of Kelan River.

Administrative divisions

Altay City is divided into four subdistricts, five towns, five townships, and one ethnic township.

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Uyghur (UEY) Uyghur Latin (ULY) Kazakh Arabic Kazakh Cyrillic Kazakh Latin Administrative division code Notes
Subdistricts
Jinshan Road Subdistrict
(Altin Taw Road Subdistrict)
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Jiefang Road Subdistrict
(Azad Road Subdistrict)
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Tuanjie Road Subdistrict
(Ittipaq Road Subdistrict)
(Intimaq Road Subdistrict)
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Qiaxiu Road Subdistrict Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Şaşu joly mälı basqarmasy 654301004
Towns
Beitun Town Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Beitūñ qalaşyğy 654301100
Aweitan Town Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Äbitän qalaşyğy 654301101
Qizil Tash Town
(Hongdun Town)
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Alaqaq Town Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Alağaq qalaşyğy 654301104
Townships
Lasti Township Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Lasty auyly 654301203
Qarashilik Township Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Qara şılık auyly 654301204
Sarxolsun Township Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Sarğusyn auyly 654301205
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Ethnic Township
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Others

Geography

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Map of Altay (labeled as CH'ENG-HUA) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (1961)

Climate

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Demographics

The proportion of nationalities in Altay City, 2018
Nationality Percentage
Han People
57.7%
Kazakhs
34.5%
Hui People
3.1%
Uyghurs
2.1%
Mongols
1.2%
Others
1.4%
Source of the population statistics :[1]

Transport

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Aletai railway station

From Ürümqi (capital of Xinjiang Province) to Altay, it takes about one hour by plane, nine hours by day bus, 12 hours by night bus and about 9.5 hours by train.

Culture

Like other cities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, there are many minorities in Altay, in particular Uyghurs and Kazakhs.

The Dundbulag rock carvings (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in the Xandighati Mongol Ethnic Township (A.K.A. Handagaitu, Handgait; tyv. Handagaity; uyg. Handigati; cmn. Handegate) under this city is a very early evidence of skiing. The term Mongol here partially refers to ethnic Tuvans of the Mongol nation under Chinese designation.

Education

In schools, students are taught mainly in Chinese (Mandarin) and there are courses for Uyghur and Kazakh languages.

Tourism

The most important tourist site is Kanas Lake where there is a legend of a large creature.

Economy

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Notable people

Explanatory notes

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References

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External links

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