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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| # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Kazakh (Arabic script) | Kazakh Latin alphabet | Population (2020 Census)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
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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
Administration
Secretary of the Party Committee
- Zhang Yan
- Mar.2017–
Administrative Commissioner
- Mawken Seyitqamzaüli 2003 – 2007
- Aitzhanuly Sabir
- Talgat Usen zh:塔里哈提·吾逊 2012? — 1 April 2017
- Qadan Käbenuly 1 April 2017 — April 2021
- Zhenis Khadis 2021 – ?
- Aydyn Toleukhanuly
References
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