Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture

Bortala Prefecture 博尔塔拉州 • بۆرتالا ئوبلاستى • ᠪᠣᠷᠢᠲᠠᠯ᠎ᠠᠵᠧᠦ
Autonomous prefectures
Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 博尔塔拉蒙古自治州 بۆرتالا موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى ᠪᠣᠷᠢᠲᠠᠯ᠎ᠠᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ
Alataw Pass in Bortala Prefecture
Bortala Mongol prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Xinjiang
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	博尔塔拉蒙古自治州
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bóěrtǎlā Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu
Mongolian name
Mongolian script	ᠪᠣᠷᠢᠲᠠᠯ᠎ᠠ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ
Transcriptions SASM/GNC Borotal-a-yin Moŋɣol öbertegen jasaqu jėü
Uyghur name
Uyghur	بۆرتالا موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Börtala Mongghul Aptonom Oblasti Yengi Yeziⱪ Bɵrtala Mongƣul Aptonom Oblasti SASM/GNC Börtala Mongĝul Aptonom Oblasti
Oirat name
Oirat	ᡋᡆᠷᡆᡐᠠᠯᠠ ᡏᡆᡊᡎᡆᠯ ᡄᡋᡄᠷᡄᡃᠨ ᠴᠠᠰᠠᡍᡇ ᡓᡇᡇ Borotala mongγol ebereen zasaqu ǰuu

Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 博尔塔拉蒙古自治州; Uyghur: بۆرتالا موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى‎), abbreviated to Bortala (Chinese: 博州; pinyin: Bózhōu), is a Mongol autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It has an area of 27,000 km² (10,000 sq mi). Bole is its capital. "Boro tala" comes from the Mongolian language, and means "brown steppe".

Geography

Bortala is located in the southwestern part of the Dzungarian Basin. It occupies a V-shaped basin between the Dzungarian Alatau in the northwest and the Borohoro Mountains in the southwest.

The prefecture borders Kazakhstan to the north and west, and has an international border of 385 km (239 mi). To the east it borders Wusu City and Toli County of Tacheng Prefecture; to the south it borders Nilka County, Yining County, and Huocheng County of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.

The prefecture has two large lakes, Ebi-Nur and Sayram Lake.

Administrative divisions

Bortala is divided into two county-level cities, Bole and Alashankou; and two counties: Jinghe County and Wenquan County. In addition, it is home to the Fifth Agricultural Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and its 11 regiment-level farms / ranches.

#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Uyghur (UEY)	Uyghur Latin (ULY)	Mongolian	Population (2010 Census)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Bole [Bortala]	博乐市	Bólè Shì	بۆرتالا شەھىرى	Börtala Shehiri	ᠪᠣᠷᠢᠲᠠᠯ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ	235,585	7,802	30.19
4	Alashankou	阿拉山口市	Ālāshānkǒu Shì	ﺋﺎﻻﺗﺎﯞ ﺋﯧﻐﯩﺰﻯ	Alatav Ighizi	ᠠᠯᠠᠭ ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ	10,000(?)	43	232.55
2	Jinghe [Jing] County	精河县	Jīnghé Xiàn	جىڭ ناھىيىسى	Jing Nahiyisi	ᠵᠢᠩ ᠾᠧ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ	141,593	11,189	12.65
3	Wenquan [Arixang] County	温泉县	Wēnquán Xiàn	ئارىشاڭ ناھىيىسى	Arishang Nahiyisi	ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ	66,502	5,862	11.34

History

The Tang dynasty created the zh in this area. During the Yuan and Ming dynasties the area was the territory of the Oirats. , Chahar Mongols were moved here during the Qing dynasty from Kalgan, while Torghuud Oirats moved eastwards from the Volga.

The People's Republic of China established the autonomous prefecture on July 13, 1954.

Demographics

There are 35 nationalities in Bortala. 67% of the 424,300 inhabitants are Han Chinese, while the remainder are Mongol, Uyghur, Kazakh, Hui, or of other nationalities.

Economy

In 2004 the prefecture had a total gross domestic product of 3.69 billion Renminbi (including the XPCC 5th division), an increase of 11.9% over the previous year. Annual total imports and exports totalled US$ 554 million, an increase of 96.8% over the previous year. Average annual salary was 11000 Renminbi, an increase of 7.6%; average annual pure income per capita for agricultural workers was 3904 Renminbi, an increase of 10.8%.

Transport

Alashankou is a port of entry with both railroads and roads linking China with Kazakhstan; it is also one of China's national first-class port of entry (国家一类口岸). The volume of imports / exports passing through Alashankou accounts for 90% of the total for all of Xinjiang, and has been second to only Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia among land ports-of-entry in China for 8 days.

See also

• Ethnic Mongols in China

External links

• Bortala Government website(Chinese)