Tacheng Prefecture Tarbagatay Prefecture | |
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DowntownUsu | |
Tacheng prefecture (red) in Ili prefecture (light red) and Xinjiang (orange) | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Xinjiang |
| Sub-provincial | Ili Prefecture |
| Capital | Tacheng |
| Area | |
• Total | 98,824 km2 (38,156 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 992,444 |
| • Density | 10.043/km2 (26.010/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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| Simplified Chinese | 塔尔巴哈台地区 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 塔爾巴哈台地區 | ||||||||||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||||||||||
| 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 Тарбағатай аймағы Tarbaǵataı aımaǵy | ||||||||||||||
Tacheng Prefecture,[a] also known asTarbagatay Prefecture,[b] is located in northernXinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has anarea of 98,824 km2 (38,156 sq mi) and a population of 992,444 (2020). It is a part ofIli Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The prefecture level city ofKaramay forms a separateenclave in the middle of Tacheng.
Tacheng prefecture is divided into 3county level cities, 3counties, and 1autonomous 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 |
| Nationality | Percentage | |||
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| Han | 54.7% | |||
| Kazakhs | 26.7% | |||
| Huis | 8.5% | |||
| Uyghurs | 4.3% | |||
| Mongols | 3.4% | |||
| Daurs | 0.5% | |||
| Russians | 0.3% | |||
| Others | 1.6% | |||
| Source of the population statistics :[3] | ||||

SeeEmin Valley,Tarbagatai Mountains,Saur Mountains,Gurbantünggüt Desert.
46°45′N82°59′E / 46.75°N 82.99°E /46.75; 82.99