Tacheng Prefecture

Tacheng Prefecture is located in Northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of 98,824 km2 (38,156 sq mi) and a population of 935,600 (2017). It is a part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The prefecture level city of Karamay forms a separate enclave in the middle of Tacheng.

Tacheng Prefecture

塔城地区 · تارباغاتاي ۋىلايىتى‎

Chuguchak; Tahcheng
Usu in Tacheng Prefecture
Tacheng prefecture (red) in Ili prefecture (light red) and Xinjiang (orange)
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceXinjiang
Sub-provincialIli Prefecture
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-XJ-42
Websitexjtc.gov.cn
Tacheng Prefecture
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese塔城地区
Traditional Chinese塔城地區
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese塔尔巴哈台地区
Traditional Chinese塔爾巴哈台地區
Mongolian name
Mongolian scriptᠲᠠᠷᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠢ
Uyghur name
Uyghurتارباغاتاي ۋىلايىتى‎
Kazakh name
Kazakhتارباعاتاي ايماعى‎
Tarbaǵataı Aımaǵy
Тарбағатай аймағы

Subdivisions

Tacheng prefecture is divided into 3 county level cities, 3 counties, and 1 autonomous county.

# Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Uyghur (UEY) Uyghur Latin (ULY) Kazakh (Arabic script) Kazakh Latin transcription Population (2010 Census) Area (km2) Density (/km2)
1 Tacheng[1] 塔城市 Tǎchéng Shì چۆچەك شەھىرى Chöchek Shehiri شاۋەشەك قالاسى‎ Sháýeshek qalasy 161,037 4,007 40.18
2 Usu[1] 乌苏市 Wūsū Shì ۋۇسۇ شەھىرى Usu Shehiri شيحۋ قالاسى‎ Shıhý qalasy 298,907 14,394 20.76
3 Shawan County[1] 沙湾市 Shāwān Shì ساۋەن شەھىرى Saven Shehiri ساۋان قالاسى‎ Saýan qalasy 365,196 12,460 29.30
4 Emin County[1] 额敏县 Émǐn Xiàn دۆربىلجىن ناھىيىسى Dörbiljin Nahiyisi ءدوربىلجىن اۋدانى‎ Dórbiljin aýdany 187,112 9,147 20.45
5 Toli County 托里县 Tuōlǐ Xiàn تولى ناھىيىسى Toli Nahiyisi تولى اۋدانى‎ Toly aýdany 93,098 19,992 4.65
6 Yumin County[1] 裕民县 Yùmín Xiàn چاغانتوقاي ناھىيىسى Chaghantoqay Nahiyisi شاعانتوعاي اۋدانى‎ Shaǵantoǵaı aýdany 51,919 6,107 8.50
7 Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County 和布克赛尔蒙古自治县 Hébùkèsài'ěr Měnggǔ Zìzhìxiàn ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى قوبۇقسار موڭغۇل Qobuqsar Mongghul Aptonom Nahiyisi قوبىقسارى موڭعۇل اۆتونوميالى اۋدانى‎ Qobyqsary Mońǵul avtonomıaly aýdany 62,100 28,784 2.15

Geography

Map of Tacheng (labeled as T'A-CH'ENG (CHUGUCHAK)) in the International Map of the World (1960)

See Emin Valley, Tarbagatai Mountains, Saur Mountains, Gurbantünggüt Desert.

Heads

Secretary

  • Xue Bin (薛斌)

Governors

References

  1. The official spelling according to 中国地名录. Beijing: SinoMaps Press (中国地图出版社). 1997. ISBN 7-5031-1718-4.
  2. Баспай байдың ауылында. baq.kz. Retrieved 2019-09-08.


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