Altay (administrative district)
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Greater Region: | Northwest China |
Autonomous area : | Xinjiang |
Status: | Administrative district |
Residents : | 561,667 |
Area : | 118,015 km² |
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 |
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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% |
See also
Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ' N , 88 ° 8' E