Bortala
Basic data | |
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Greater Region: | Northwest China |
Autonomous area : | Xinjiang |
Status: | Autonomous District |
Residents : | 450,000 |
Area : | 24,895.68 km² |
Mongolian name | |
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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 |
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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% |
See also
Coordinates: 44 ° 54 ' N , 82 ° 4' E