Altay Prefecture is located in Northern

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwes ...

, People's Republic of China. It has an

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of and a population of 561,667 (2000). It is a part of

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture ( kk, Іле Қазақ автономиялық облысы) (also as Yili) is an autonomous prefecture for Kazakh people in Northern Xinjiang, China, one of five autonomous prefectures in Xinjiang. Yining Cit ...

. 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 also shares an international border with the neighboring

Altai Republic The Altai Republic (; russian: Респу́блика Алта́й, Respublika Altay, ; Altai: , ''Altay Respublika''), also known as Gorno-Altai Republic, and colloquially, and primarily referred to in Russian to distinguish from the neighbour ...

, located within

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Subdivisions

The prefecture is divided into 1

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and 6

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Demographics

Administration

Secretary of the Party Committee * Zhang Yan * Mar.2017- Administrative Commissioner # Mawken Seyitqamzaüli 2003 - 2007 # Айтжанұлы Сабыр # Talgat Usen :zh:塔里哈提·吾逊 2012? — 1 April 2017 # Qadan Käbenuly 1 April 2017 — April 2021 # Jaynes Hades # Айдын Төлеуханұлы

References

{{Authority control Prefecture-level divisions of Xinjiang