Tacheng Prefecture

Tacheng Prefecture (Chinese: 塔城地区; pinyin: Tǎchéng dìqū) is located in northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of 98,824 km² (38,156 sq mi) and a population of 992,444 (2020). It is a part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The prefecture level city of Karamay forms a separate enclave in the middle of Tacheng.

Tacheng Prefecture 塔城地区 (Chinese) تارباعاتاي ايماعى (Kazakh) تارباغاتاي ۋىلايىتى (Uyghur) Tarbagatay, Chuguchak, Qoqek
Prefecture
Downtown Usu
Tacheng prefecture (red) in Ili prefecture (light red) and Xinjiang (orange)
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Xinjiang
Sub-provincial	Ili Prefecture
Area
• Total	98,824 km^2 (38,156 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	992,444
• Density	10.043/km^2 (26.010/sq mi)
GDP
• 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.gov.cn

Tacheng Prefecture
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	塔城地区
Traditional Chinese	塔城地區
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tǎchéng Dìqū Wade–Giles T'a^3-ch'eng^2 Ti^4-ch'ü^1 IPA [tʰàʈʂʰə̌ŋ tîtɕʰý] other Mandarin Xiao'erjing تَاچٍْ دِکِیُوِ
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	塔尔巴哈台地区
Traditional Chinese	塔爾巴哈台地區
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tǎ'ěrbāhātái Dìqū other Mandarin Xiao'erjing تَاعَربَاحَاتَیْ دِکِیُوِ
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Тарвагатай тойрог
Mongolian script	ᠲᠠᠷᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠢ ᠲᠣᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ
Transcriptions SASM/GNC Tarvagatai toɣoriɣ
Uyghur name
Uyghur	تارباغاتاي ۋىلايىتى‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Tarbaghatay Wilayiti Yengi Yeziⱪ Tarbaƣatay Wilayiti SASM/GNC Tarbagatai Wilayiti Siril Yëziqi Тарбағатай Вилайити Uyghur IPA [tarbaʁataj]
Kazakh name
Kazakh	تارباعاتاي ايماعى Тарбағатай аймағы Tarbaǵataı aımaǵy

Subdivisions

Tacheng prefecture is divided into 3 county level cities, 3 counties, and 1 autonomous county.

Tacheng (city) Usu (city) Emin County Shawan (city) Toli County Yumin County Hoboksar County
#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Uyghur (UEY)	Uyghur Latin (ULY)	Kazakh (Arabic script)	Kazakh Latin transcription	Population (2020 Census)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	Tacheng City	塔城市	Tǎchéng Shì	چۆچەك شەھىرى	Chöchek Shehiri	شاۋەشەك قالاسى	Sháýeshek qalasy	158,098	3,992	39.60
2	Usu City	乌苏市	Wūsū Shì	شىخۇ شەھىرى	Shixu Shehiri	شيحۋ قالاسى	Shıhý qalasy	262,906	14,394	18.26
3	Shawan City	沙湾市	Shāwān Shì	ساۋەن شەھىرى	Saven Shehiri	ساۋان قالاسى	Saýan qalasy	301,046	12,458	24.16
4	Emin County	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	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

Demographics

Breakdown of nationalities in Tacheng Prefecture Nationality Percentage 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 :

Geography

Map of Tacheng (labeled as T'A-CH'ENG (CHUGUCHAK)) in the International Map of the World (1960)

See Emin Valley, Tarbagatai Mountains, Saur Mountains, Gurbantünggüt Desert.

Heads

Secretary

1. Li Fengzi – ? – May 1991
2. Li Guimao – Jun. 1991 – Jul. 1994
3. Wu Qilin – Jul. 1994 – Apr. 2000
4. Tang Dingbang – Apr. 2000 – Nov. 2004
5. Peng Jiarui – Nov. 2004 – Jul. 2011
6. Zhang Bo – Jul. 2011 – Jan. 2015
7. Xue Bin – since Mar. 2017 (薛斌)

Governors

1. Baspaı Sholaquly [ru] (Баспай Шолақұлы) – 1945–1952
2. Arystanbek (Арыстанбек) (阿尔斯坦别克) – 1983 – Jun. 1993
3. Alpısbaý Raxımulı – Jun. 1993 – Jan. 1997
4. Qızaýjan Seýilqojaulı – Dec. 1996 – Jan. 2003
5. Tilepaldı Äbdiraşïd [zh] – Jan. 2003 – Jan. 2008
6. Mänen Zeýnelulı – Jan. 2008 – Apr. 2012
7. Aqanulı Sarqıt [zh] – Apr. 2012 – Jun. 2016
8. Muqïyat Jarmuqamet [zh] (木合亚提·加尔木哈买提) – since Jun. 2016

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