Altay (administrative district)

Basic data
Greater Region:	Northwest China
Autonomous area :	Xinjiang
Status:	Administrative district
Residents :	561,667
Area :	118,015 km²

View of the Kanas , the right source of the Burqin

Altay ( Chinese 阿勒泰地区 , Pinyin Ālètài Dìqū ; Uighur ئالتاي ۋىلايىتى Altay Wilayiti ; Kazakh التاي ايماعى Altay aymağı ) is a Chinese administrative district and belongs to the Kazakh Ili Autonomous District in the Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang . Altay has an area of 118,015 km², its capital is the Altay of the same name . At the district level, one city and six districts are subordinate to the administrative district:

the city of Altay (阿勒泰市 Ālètài Shì),
the circle Qinggil (青河县Qinghe Xiàn), capital: greater community Qinggil (青河镇)
Jeminay district (吉木乃县 Jímùnǎi Xiàn), main town: Topterek municipality (托普铁热克镇),
the district of Koktokay (富蕴县 Fùyùn Xiàn), capital: the municipality of Ku Ertix (库额尔齐斯镇),
Burqin County (布尔津县 Bù'ěrjīn Xiàn), capital: Burqin Municipality (布尔津镇),
Burultokay district (福海县 Fúhǎi Xiàn), capital: Fuhai municipality (福海镇),
Kaba district (哈巴河县 Hābāhé Xiàn), capital: Akqi municipality (阿克齐镇).

At the census in 2000 Altay had 561,667 inhabitants, the city has 142,000 inhabitants (population density: 4.76 inh / km²).

Ethnic breakdown of the population of the Altay administrative district (2000)

Name of the people	Residents	proportion of
Kazakhs	288,612	51.38%
Han	229,894	40.93%
Hui	22,166	3.95%
Uighurs	10,068	1.79%
Mongols	5,486	0.98%
Dongxiang	1,724	0.31%
Tatars	1,236	0.22%
Others	2,481	0.44%

Altay (administrative district)

Ethnic breakdown of the population of the Altay administrative district (2000)

See also