Bole ( ), also known by its
Mongolian name Bortala (), is a
county-level city
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in
Xinjiang
Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...
, China. It is the seat of
Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, which borders
Kazakhstan
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. The city covers an area of and has a total population of 270,000 . The
Northern Xinjiang Railway runs through the city, as do highways to
Ürümqi
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.
Climate
Bole has a borderline
cool arid climate (
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''BWk'') just short of a
cool semi-arid climate (''BSk''). Like all of Xinjiang, Bole has very warm to hot summers and freezing to frigid winters. Precipitation, again common to all of Xinjiang outside the mountains, is very low and chiefly falls in summer.
Subdivisions
Bole is made up of 5
subdistricts, 4
towns and 1
township.
Others:
* Aral Tohoi Pasture (阿热勒托海牧场, , )
*
XPCC 86th Regiment Branch Farm (兵团八十六团分部) (86-تۇەن مەيدانى) (86 )
Notable people
*
Nur Bekri
Notes
References
External links
Official website
Populated places in Xinjiang
County-level divisions of Xinjiang
National Civilized City
National Sanitary City
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