Aweitan

Aweitan is a town in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang and has about 9,620 residents. Aweitan is situated nearby to the village 青格劳村 شىڭىراۋ, as well as near 阔克托别村 كوكتوبە.

Type: Town with 9,620 residents
Description: capital of the village of the Mass Republic of Tśina, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, lat 47,72, long 88,05
Also known as: “A-wei-t’an”, “Aweitan Zhen”, and “Awiytan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Altay Airport and Aletai.

Aerodrome

Aletai Xuedu Airport is an airport serving Altay City, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It was formerly called "Altay Airport". The airport is at an elevation of 2,460 feet above mean sea level. Altay Airport is situated 4 km northeast of Aweitan.

Railway station

Altay railway station, also known as Aletai railway station, is a railway station in Altay City, Altay Prefecture, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Aletai is situated 3 km east of Aweitan.

Latitude

47.72457° or 47° 43′ 28″ north

Longitude

88.05108° or 88° 3′ 4″ east

Population

9,620

Elevation

707 metres (2,320 feet)

Open location code

8MVCP3F2+RC

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=town

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Aweitan” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Awiytan (kapital sa baranggay sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, lat 47,72, long 88,05)”
Cebuano: “Awiytan”
Chinese: “āwěitān zhèn”
Chinese: “阿苇滩”
Chinese: “阿苇滩镇”
Gan Chinese: “阿苇滩镇”
Kazakh: “ءابيتان قالاشىعى”
Kazakh: “ٵبيتان قالاشىعى”
Russian: “Авейтань”
Swedish: “Awiytan”
Uighur: “Awiytan”
Uighur: “Авийтан”
Uighur: “ئاۋىيتان بازىرى”
Uighur: “ئاۋىيتان”
Wu Chinese: “阿苇滩镇”

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