Altay Prefecture

Altay Prefecture is a prefecture in northern , China. It has an area of 118,015 km2 and a population of 561,667. It is a part of the .
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  • Type: Region with 672,000 residents
  • Description: prefecture
  • Also known as: “A-le-t’ai Ti-ch’u”, “A-le-t’ai Ti-ch’ü”, “A-lo-t’ai Chuan-ch’u”, “A-lo-t’ai Chuan-ch’ü”, “Aletai”, “Aletai Diqu”, “Altay”, and “Altay Diqu”

Altay Prefecture

Latitude
47.1002° or 47° 6′ 1″ north
Longitude
88.4342° or 88° 26′ 3″ east
Population
672,000
Elevation
753 metres (2,470 feet)
Open location code
8MVC4C2M+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8141644678
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
1529650
Wiki­data ID
Q776550
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Altay Prefecture” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ولاية ألتاي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Altay dairəsi”
  • Basque: “Altay prefektura”
  • Belarusian: “Алтай”
  • Cebuano: “Altay Diqu”
  • Chinese: “Altay Tē-khu”
  • Chinese: “阿勒泰”
  • Chinese: “阿勒泰地区”
  • Chinese: “阿勒泰地區”
  • Czech: “Altaj (prefektura)”
  • Czech: “Altaj”
  • Danish: “Altay”
  • Dutch: “Altay Prefecture”
  • Estonian: “Altay ringkond”
  • Finnish: “Altayn prefektuuri”
  • French: “préfecture d’Altay”
  • French: “Préfecture d’Altay”
  • Galician: “Prefectura de Altai”
  • Gan Chinese: “阿勒泰地区”
  • German: “Altay”
  • Hebrew: “אלטאי (נציבות)”
  • Hebrew: “אלטאי”
  • Hebrew: “נציבות אלטאי”
  • Italian: “prefettura di Altay”
  • Italian: “Prefettura di Altay”
  • Japanese: “アルタイ地区”
  • Kazakh: “Altay Diqu”
  • Kazakh: “Altay”
  • Kazakh: “Алтай аймағы”
  • Kazakh: “التاي ايماعى”
  • Korean: “아러타이 지구”
  • Korean: “아러타이지구”
  • Lithuanian: “Altajaus prefektūra”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Altay”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Altay Tē-khu”
  • Mongolian: “Алтай тойрог”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Altay”
  • Norwegian: “Altay”
  • Persian: “التای پریفکچر”
  • Persian: “ولایت آلتای”
  • Polish: “Altay”
  • Russian: “Алтай”
  • Russian: “Алтайский округ”
  • Russian: “округ Алтай”
  • Spanish: “Prefectura de Altái”
  • Swedish: “Altay, Xinjiang”
  • Tatar: “Алтай бүлгесе”
  • Tatar: “Алтай округы”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดอัลไต”
  • Turkish: “Altay (il)”
  • Turkish: “Altay”
  • Uighur: “Altay Wilayiti”
  • Uighur: “ئالتاي ۋىلايىتى”
  • Uighur: “ئالتاي”
  • Ukrainian: “Алтай”
  • Urdu: “التائی پریفیکچر”
  • Urdu: “التای پریفیکچر”
  • Vietnamese: “Altay”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿勒泰地区”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿勒泰地區”

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