Altay Prefecture

Altay Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 阿勒泰地区; traditional Chinese: 阿勒泰地區; pinyin: Ālètài Dìqū; Uyghur: ئالتاي ۋىلايىتى‎, ULY: Altay Wilayiti; Kazakh: Алтай аймағы) is located in northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of 118,015 km² (45,566 sq mi) and a population of 561,667 (2000). It is a part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. At the 2000 census, Altay was the only major subdivision of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture with an ethnic Kazakh majority (about 51%). In 2007 it had a GDP of RMB 9.9 billion with a 12% growth rate. It is also shares international border with the neighboring Altai Republic, Russia.

Subdivisions

The prefecture is divided into 1 county-level city and 6 counties.

#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Uyghur (UEY)	Uyghur Latin (ULY)	Kazakh (Arabic script)	Kazakh Latin transcription	Population (2010 Census)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Altay	阿勒泰市	Ālètài Shì	ئالتاي شەھىرى	Altay Shehiri	التاي قالاسى	Altay qalası	190,064	10,852	17.51
2	Burqin County	布尔津县	Bù'ěrjīn Xiàn	بۇرچىن ناھىيىسى	Burchin Nahiyisi	بۋىرشىن اۋدانى	Bwırşın awdanı	66,758	10,369	6.43
3	Fuyun [Koktokay] County	富蕴县	Fùyùn Xiàn	كوكتوقاي ناھىيىسى	Koktoqay Nahiyisi	كوكتوعاي اۋدانى	Köktoğay awdanı	87,886	32,327	2.71
4	Fuhai [Burultokay] County	福海县	Fúhǎi Xiàn	بۇرۇلتوقاي ناھىيىسى	Burultoqay Nahiyisi	بۋرىلتوعاي اۋدانى	Bwrıltoğay awdanı	81,845	33,319	2.45
5	Habahe [Kaba] County	哈巴河县	Hābāhé Xiàn	قابا ناھىيىسى	Qaba Nahiyisi	قابا اۋدانى	Qaba awdanı	82,507	8,186	10.07
6	Qinghe [Qinggil] County	青河县	Qīnghé Xiàn	چىڭگىل ناھىيىسى	Chinggil Nahiyisi	شىڭگىل اۋدانى	Şiñgil awdanı	58,858	15,790	3.72
7	Jeminay County	吉木乃县	Jímùnǎi Xiàn	جېمىنەي ناھىيىسى	Jëminey Nahiyisi	جەمەنەي اۋدانى	Jemeney awdanı	35,365	7,145	4.94