Tacheng Prefecture

Tacheng Prefecture 塔城地区 • تارباعاتاي ايماعى • تارباغاتاي ۋىلايىتى (Chinese) • (Uyghur) • (Kazakh)
Prefecture
Usu in Tacheng Prefecture
Tacheng prefecture (red) in Ili prefecture (light red) and Xinjiang (orange)
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Xinjiang
Sub-provincial	Ili Prefecture
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Website	xjtc.gov.cn

Tarbagatai Prefecture
Chinese name
Chinese	塔城地区
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tǎchéng Dìqū Wade–Giles T'a3-ch'eng2 Ti4-ch'ü1 IPA [tʰàʈʂʰə̌ŋ tîtɕʰý]
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 Tarbağatay aymağı

Tacheng (Tarbagatay) Prefecture 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 892,397 (2000). It is a part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The prefecture level city of Karamay forms a separate enclave in the middle of Tacheng.

Subdivisions

Tacheng prefecture is divided into 2 county level cities, 4 counties, and 1 autonomous county.

#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Uyghur (UEY)	Uyghur Latin (ULY)	Kazakh (Arabic script)	Kazakh Latin transcription	Population (2010 Census)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Tacheng [Qoqek]	塔城市	Tǎchéng Shì	چۆچەك شەھىرى	Chöchek Shehiri	شاۋەشەك قالاسى	Şäwesek qalası	161,037	4,007	40.18
2	Usu	乌苏市	Wūsū Shì	ۋۇسۇ شەھىرى	Usu Shehiri	شيحۋ قالاسى	Şïxw qalası	298,907	14,394	20.76
3	Emin [Dorbiljin] County	额敏县	Émǐn Xiàn	دۆربىلجىن ناھىيىسى	Dörbiljin Nahiyisi	ءدوربىلجىن اۋدانى	Dörbiljin awdanı	187,112	9,147	20.45
4	Shawan County	沙湾县	Shāwān Xiàn	ساۋەن ناھىيىسى	Saven Nahiyisi	ساۋان اۋدانى	Sawan awdanı	365,196	12,460	29.30
5	Toli County	托里县	Tuōlǐ Xiàn	تولى ناھىيىسى	Toli Nahiyisi	تولى اۋدانى	Tolı awdanı	93,098	19,992	4.65
6	Yumin County	裕民县	Yùmín Xiàn	چاغانتوقاي ناھىيىسى	Chaghantoqay Nahiyisi	شاعانتوعاي اۋدانى	Şağantoğay awdanı	51,919	6,107	8.50
7	Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County	和布克赛尔蒙古自治县	Hébùkèsài'ěr Měnggǔ Zìzhìxiàn	ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى قوبۇقسار موڭغۇل	Qobuqsar Mongghul Aptonom Nahiyisi	قوبىقسارى موڭعۇل اۆتونوميالى اۋدانى	Qobıqsarı Moñğul avtonomyalı awdanı	62,100	28,784	2.15

Geography

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