Tacheng 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 northwest ...

, People's Republic of China. It has an

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of and a population of 935,600 (2017). 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 Ci ...

. The prefecture level city of Karamay forms a separate

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in the middle of Tacheng.

Subdivisions

Tacheng prefecture is divided into 3 county level cities, 3

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, and 1

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Geography

See

Emin Valley The Emin Valley () is located on the China–Kazakhstan border, in Central Asia. It has an area of about . Its main waterway is the Emil River. Administratively, the Emin Valley occupies areas of Tacheng Prefecture in the Xinjiang Region of nor ...

, Tarbagatai Mountains, Saur Mountains, Gurbantünggüt Desert.

Heads

Secretary

# Li Fengzi -1991.05 # Li Guimao 1991.06-1994.07 # Wu Qilin 1994.07-2000.04 # Tang Dingbang 2000.04-2004.11 # Peng Jiarui 2004.11-2011.07 # Zhang Bo 2011.07-2015.01 # Xue Bin since 2017.03 ()

Governors

# Baspaı Sholaquly Баспай Шолақұлы 1945–1952 # Арыстанбек (阿尔斯坦别克) 1983.-1993.06 #

Alpısbaý Raxımulı Alpısbaý Raxımulı ( kk, Алпысбай Рахымұлы; born June 1948) is a Chinese politician of Kazakh origin who served as vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from 2008 t ...

1993.06-1997.01 #

Qızaýjan Seýilqojaulı Qızaýjan Seýilqojaulı ( kk, Қызайжан Сейілқожаұлы; born February 1950) is a Chinese politician of Kazakh origin who served as vice chairman of the Xinjiang Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Co ...

1996.12-2003.01 # Tilepaldı Äbdiraşïd 2003.01-2008.01 :zh:铁力瓦尔迪·阿不都热西提 # Mänen Zeýnelulı 2008.01-2012.04 # Aqanulı Sarqıt :zh:沙尔合提·阿汗 2012.04-2016.06 # Muqııat Jarmuqamet ()2016.06-present

References

Prefecture-level divisions of Xinjiang {{Xinjiang-geo-stub