Tacheng Prefecture (Chinese: 塔城地区; pinyin: Tǎchéng dìqū) 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 992,444 (2020). 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 Tarbagatay, Chuguchak, Qoqek | |
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 Usu in Tacheng Prefecture | |
 Tacheng prefecture (red) in Ili prefecture (light red) and Xinjiang (orange) | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Xinjiang |
| Sub-provincial | Ili Prefecture |
| Area | |
| • Total | 98,824 km2 (38,156 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 992,444 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| GDP[1] | |
| • Total | CN¥ 69.7 billion US$ 10.1 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 54,095 US$ 7,842 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XJ-42 |
| Website | xjtc |
| Tacheng Prefecture | |||||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 塔城地区 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 塔城地區 | ||||||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 塔尔巴哈台地区 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 塔爾巴哈台地區 | ||||||||||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Тарвагатай тойрог | ||||||||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠲᠠᠷᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠢ ᠲᠣᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ | ||||||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||||||
| Uyghur | تارباغاتاي ۋىلايىتى | ||||||||||||||
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| Kazakh name | |||||||||||||||
| Kazakh | تارباعاتاي 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 (2020 Census) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
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| 1 | Tacheng City[2] | 塔城市 | Tǎchéng Shì | چۆچەك شەھىرى | Chöchek Shehiri | شاۋەشەك قالاسى | Sháýeshek qalasy | 158,098 | 3,992 | 39.60 |
| 2 | Usu City[2] | 乌苏市 | Wūsū Shì | شىخۇ شەھىرى | Shixu Shehiri | شيحۋ قالاسى | Shıhý qalasy | 262,906 | 14,394 | 18.26 |
| 3 | Shawan City[2] | 沙湾市 | Shāwān Shì | ساۋەن شەھىرى | Saven Shehiri | ساۋان قالاسى | Saýan qalasy | 301,046 | 12,458 | 24.16 |
| 4 | Emin County[2] | 额敏县 | Émǐn Xiàn | دۆربىلجىن ناھىيىسى | Dörbiljin Nahiyisi | ءدوربىلجىن اۋدانى | Dórbiljin aýdany | 188,642 | 9,158 | 20.60 |
| 5 | Toli County | 托里县 | Tuōlǐ Xiàn | تولى ناھىيىسى | Toli Nahiyisi | تولى اۋدانى | Toly aýdany | 85,451 | 19,982 | 4.28 |
| 6 | Yumin County[2] | 裕民县 | Yùmín Xiàn | چاغانتوقاي ناھىيىسى | Chaghantoqay Nahiyisi | شاعانتوعاي اۋدانى | Shaǵantoǵaı aýdany | 50,819 | 6,102 | 8.33 |
| 7 | Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County | 和布克赛尔蒙古自治县 | Hébùkèsài'ěr Měnggǔ Zìzhìxiàn | قوبۇقسار موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى | Qobuqsar Mongghul Aptonom Nahiyisi | قوبىقسارى موڭعۇل اۆتونوميالىق اۋدانى | Qobyqsary Mońǵul avtonomıaly aýdany | 61,785 | 28,783 | 2.15 |
Demographics
Geography
See Emin Valley, 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 (薛斌)
Governors
- Baspaı Sholaquly Баспай Шолақұлы 1945–1952[4]
- Arystanbek (Арыстанбек) (阿尔斯坦别克) 1983.-1993.06
- Alpısbaý Raxımulı 1993.06-1997.01
- Qızaýjan Seýilqojaulı 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
- Muqïyat Jarmuqamet (木合亚提·加尔木哈买提)2016.06-present[5][6]
References
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