Altay City
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Altay or Aletai (Chinese: 阿勒泰; pinyin: Ālètài, uyghur: ئالتاي/ Altay, Kazakh: التاي) is a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, in far northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It is the administrative centre of Altay Prefecture, and has 142,000 inhabitants.
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Geography
Climate
Altay has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), without the strong monsoonal influence on seasonal precipitation patterns that defines the climate across much of China and an annual precipitation total of only 191 millimetres (7.5 in). Winters are long, bitterly cold and dry, with a January 24-hour average of −15.5 °C (4.1 °F); however, the presence of the Altay Mountains to the north helps moderate the severity of winter cold as compared to locations further to the east. Spring and autumn are short but mild. Summers are very warm, but dry, with a July 24-hour average of 21.8 °C (71.2 °F). The annual mean is 4.53 °C (40.2 °F). With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 50% in December to 74% in August and September, sunshine is abundant and the city receives 2,993 hours of bright sunshine annually.
| Climate data for Altay City (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −9.4 (15.1) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
0.0 (32) |
14.0 (57.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
21.1 (70) |
12.1 (53.8) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
10.7 (51.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −21 (−6) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
2.2 (36) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.5 (0.492) |
9.1 (0.358) |
8.7 (0.343) |
13.1 (0.516) |
16.6 (0.654) |
15.7 (0.618) |
25.8 (1.016) |
16.1 (0.634) |
15.6 (0.614) |
15.0 (0.591) |
22.3 (0.878) |
20.8 (0.819) |
191.3 (7.533) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.4 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 83.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 73 | 71 | 48 | 43 | 48 | 52 | 49 | 49 | 54 | 68 | 75 | 58.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 163.6 | 182.4 | 247.7 | 281.9 | 325.4 | 338.2 | 343.5 | 326.6 | 278.6 | 220.8 | 153.5 | 131.1 | 2,993.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 60 | 64 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 50 | 68 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1] | |||||||||||||
Transport
Culture
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Education
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Economy
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People
- Ma Fuxiang (1876–1932), military governor of Altay
- Rebiya Kadeer (born 1947), political activist
- Kanat Islam (born 1984), boxer
References
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- Government website of Altay, Xinjiang (in Simplified Chinese)
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