Altay Prefecture

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Altay is considered the birthplace of skiing, based on 10,000 to 30,000 year old cave paintings depicting skiers.[1][2]

Geography

Both the Irtysh River and the Ulungur River run through the prefecture. The Kanas Lake and Ulungur Lake reside in the north.

The Altay Prefecture has an average elevation of 1,408 meters; with a minimum elevation of 246 meters and a maximum of 4, 178 meters.[3]

Subdivisions

The prefecture is divided into one county-level city and six counties.

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1 Altay City Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration 221,454 10,826 20.46
2 Burqin County Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration 72,894 10,345 7.05
3 Fuyun County[4] Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration 99,748 32,209 3.10
4 Fuhai County[4] Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration 75,537 33,261 2.27
5 Habahe County[4] Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration 82,524 8,181 10.09
6 Qinghe County[4] Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration 61,680 15,743 3.92
7 Jeminay County Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration 34,336 7,146 4.80

Demographics

Ethnic composition in Altay Prefecture
Ethnic groups Proportion / %
Ethnic Minority (Non-Han) Combined
60.15%
Kazakhs
52.76%
Han
39.85%
Hui
3.82%
Uyghurs
1.42%
Mongols
0.99%
Others
1.16%
Source of the population statistics :[5]

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Administration

Secretary of the Party Committee

  • Zhang Yan
  • Mar.2017–

Administrative Commissioner

  1. Mawken Seyitqamzaüli 2003 – 2007
  2. Aitzhanuly Sabir
  3. Talgat Usen zh:塔里哈提·吾逊 2012? — 1 April 2017
  4. Qadan Käbenuly 1 April 2017 — April 2021
  5. Zhenis Khadis 2021 – ?
  6. Aydyn Toleukhanuly

References

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