Altay City

Altay
阿勒泰市 (Chinese)
ئالتاي شەھىرى (Uyghur)
التاي قالاسى (Kazakh)
ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (Mongolian)
Altay City skyline in 2008
Altay
Location of the city center in Xinjiang
Altay
Altay (Xinjiang)
Altay
Altay (China)
Coordinates (Altay City government): 47°49′37″N 88°07′51″E / 47.82694°N 88.13083°E / 47.82694; 88.13083
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureAltay
Municipal seatTuanjie Road Subdistrict
Area
11,400 km2 (4,400 sq mi)
Elevation
887 m (2,910 ft)
Population
 (2020)
221,454
 • Density19.4/km2 (50.3/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2016)
114,995
 • Rural
 (2016)
83,945
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
836500
Area code0906
GDP (Nominal)2016
 - Total¥6.483 billion
US$1.007 billion
 - per capita¥32.574
US$5.060
WebsiteAltay City Government Website
Altay City
Chinese name
Chinese阿勒泰市
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinĀlètài Shì
other Mandarin
Xiao'erjingﺁﻟَﺗَﻴْﺷِ
DunganАлетай Шы
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicАлтай хот
Mongolian scriptᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCAltai ꭓota
Uyghur name
Uyghurئالتاي شەھىرى
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiAltay Shehiri
Yengi YeziⱪAltay Shehiri
SASM/GNCAltay Sheheri
Siril YëziqiАлтай Шәһири
Kazakh name
Kazakhالتاي قالاسى
Алтай қаласы
Altai qalası

Altay (also spelled Altai or Aletai) is a county-level city in Altay Prefecture within Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, in far Northern Xinjiang, China. The city centre is located on the banks of Kelan River.