Altay or Aletai is a county-level city

County-level city

A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....

 in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture , in northernmost Xinjiang, is the only Kazakh autonomous prefecture of the People's Republic of China.-Geography and coordinates:The following figures excludes both Tacheng Prefecture and Altay Prefecture....

, of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. It is the administrative centre of Altay Prefecture

Altay Prefecture

Altay Prefecture is located in northern Xinjiang, China. It has an area of 118,015 km² and a population of 561,667 . It is a part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture...

, and has 142,000 inhabitants.

Climate

Altay has a cold semi-arid climate (Koppen

Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...

 BSk), with dry conditions year-round and an annual precipitation total of only 191 millimetres (7.5 in). Winters are long and cold, but dry, with a January average of -15.5 °C. Spring and autumn are short but mild. Summers are very warm, but dry, with a July average of 21.8 °C (71.2 °F); however, despite the aridity, nighttime temperatures are generally not sharply lower than daytime highs.

Transport

• China National Highway 216
  China National Highway 216
  China National Highway 216 is a Highway in Xinjiang, China. It runs in the general southern direction from Altay City, Xinjiang to Baluntai , where it joins China National Highway 218. It is 857 kilometres in length....
  
  
• China National Highway 217
  China National Highway 217
  China National Highway 217 runs south from Altay, Xinjiang to Kuqa County, Xinjiang. It is 1,117 kilometres in length and runs southwest from Altay towards Kuqa County.-Route and distance:-External links:*...
  
  
• Altay Airport
  Altay Airport
  Altay Airport is an airport serving Altay, a city in the autonomous region of Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 11/29 which measures ....
  
  

Culture
Education
Economy

People

• Ma Fuxiang
  Ma Fuxiang
  Ma Fuxiang . Ma, a Dongxiang muslim leader, had a military and political career which spanned the Qing dynasty through the early Republic of China and illustrated the power of family, the role of religious affiliations, and the interaction of Inner Asian China and the national government of...
  
   (1876–1932), military governor of Altay
• Rebiya Kadeer
  Rebiya Kadeer
  Rebiya Kadeer is a prominent Uyghur businesswoman and political activist from the northwest region of Xinjiang Autonomus Region of the People's Republic of China...
  
   (born 1947), political activist
• Hanati Silamu
  Hanati Silamu
  Kanat Islam ; born September 13, 1984 in Altay, Xinjiang) is a Chinese amateur boxer of Kazakh ancestry best known for winning bronze at welterweight at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2007 World Championships and the 2006 Asian Games.-Career:...
  
  (born 1984), boxer

External links

• Government website of Altay, Xinjiang (in Simplified Chinese)