Alashankou
Location in Xinjiang
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Alashankou ( Chinese 阿拉山口 市 , Pinyin Ālāshānkǒu Shì ; Uighur ﺋﺎﻻﺗﺎﯞ ﺋﯧﻐﯩﺰﻯ Alataw Eƣizi ; Mongolian ᠠᠯᠠᠭ ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠ ) is a county-level city in the Mongolian Autonomous County Bortala the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang of the People's Republic of China . On December 29, 2012, the newly founded city emerged from a large municipality of Bortala . It is named after the Djungarian gate (Chinese: Alashankou ) and is located on the border with Kazakhstan .
The administrative area of the city has an area of 1204 km² and approx. 40,000 inhabitants (2012).
Administrative structure
At the community level, Alashankou is made up of two street districts. These are:
transport
Alashankou is a station on the Kazakhstan route of the Trans-Eurasia-Express .
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Coordinates: 45 ° 10 ′ N , 82 ° 34 ′ E