Bortala

Basic data
Greater Region:	Northwest China
Autonomous area :	Xinjiang
Status:	Autonomous District
Residents :	450,000
Area :	24,895.68 km²

Mongolian name
Mongolian script :	ᠪᠣᠷᠢᠲᠠᠯ᠎
Transliteration:	bortala
Cyrillic script :	Борталын Монгол өөртөө засах тойрог
ISO transliteration :	Bortalyn Mongol ôôrtôô zasah tojrog
Transcription:	Bortalyn Mongol öörtöö dsasach tojrog
Uighur name
Arabic-Persian (Ⱪona Yeziⱪ):	بۆرتالا موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى
Latin (Yengi Yeziⱪ):	Bɵrtala Mongƣul Aptonom Oblasti
Cyrillic :	Бөртала Моңғул Аптоном Области
Chinese name
Abbreviation :	博尔塔拉蒙古自治州
Traditional characters :	博爾塔拉蒙古自治州
Pinyin :	Bó'ěrtǎlā Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu
Wade-Giles :	Po-êrh-t'a-la

The Mongolian Autonomous District of Bortala is located in the northwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. Its capital is Bortala (Bole). Bortala has an area of 24,895.68 km² and about 450,000 inhabitants (end of 2004).

Administrative structure

At the district level, Bortala is made up of two cities and two districts. These are:

City of Bortala (博乐市 Bólè Shì), 6,597.68 km², 250,000 inhabitants, district capital;
City of Alashankou (阿拉山口市 Ālāshānkǒu Shì), 1,204 km², 40,000 inhabitants;
Jinghe district (精河县 Jīnghé Xiàn), 11,189.15 km², 130,000 inhabitants, main town: Jinghe municipality (精河镇);
Arixang district (温泉县 Wēnquán Xiàn), 5,904.85 km², 70,000 inhabitants, main town: Bogdar municipality (博格达尔镇).

Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)

In the 2000 census, Bortala had 424,040 inhabitants (population density: 16.91 inh. / Km²).

Name of the people	Residents	proportion of
Han	284,915	67.19%
Uighurs	53,145	12.53%
Kazakhs	38,744	9.14%
Mongols	23,927	5.64%
Hui	19,053	4.49%
Dongxiang	1,587	0.37%
Others	2,669	0.64%

Bortala

Administrative structure

Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)

See also