Tacheng Prefecture

Tacheng Prefecture 塔城地区 تارباغاتاي ۋىلايىتى تارباعاتاي ايماعى
—  Prefecture  —
Chinese transcription(s)
• Simplified	塔城地区
• Traditional	塔城地区
• Pinyin	Tǎchéng Dìqū
Tacheng prefecture (red) in Ili prefecture (light red), Xinjiang province (orange) and China
Country	China
Province	Xinjiang (Ili Prefecture)
County-level divisions
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Website	Tacheng Prefecture Government

Tarbagatai Prefecture
Chinese name
Chinese	塔城地区
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Tǎchéng Dìqū - Wade–Giles T'a3-ch'eng2 Ti4-ch'ü1
Uyghur name
Uyghur	تارباغاتاي ۋىلايىتى
Transcriptions - Yengi Yeziⱪ Tarbaƣatay wilayiti - Siril Yëziqi Тарбаƣатай - Uyghur IPA [tarbaʁataj]

Tacheng Prefecture is located in northern Xinjiang, China. It has an area of 98,824 km² 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 (kona yezik̡)	Uyghur Latin (yengi yezik̡)	Kazakh (Arabic script)	Population (2003 est.)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Tacheng City	塔城市	Tǎchéng Shì	چۆچەك شەھىرى	Chöchek Shehiri	شاۋەشەك قالاسى	160,000	4,007	40
2	Wusu City	乌苏市	Wūsū Shì	ۋۇسۇ شەھىرى	Shehiri	وسۋ قالاسى	210,000	14,394	15
3	Emin County	额敏县	Émǐn Xiàn	دۆربىلجىن ناھىيىسى	Dörbiljin Nahiyisi	ءدوربىلجىن اۋدانى	200,000	9,147	22
4	Shawan County	沙湾县	Shāwān Xiàn	ساۋەن ناھىيىسى	Saven Nahiyisi	ساۋان اۋدانى	200,000	12,460	16
5	Toli County	托里县	Tuōlǐ Xiàn	تولى ناھىيىسى	Toli Nahiyisi	تولى اۋدانى	90,000	19,992	5
6	Yumin County	裕民县	Yùmín Xiàn	چاغانتوقاي ناھىيىسى	Chaghantoqay Nahiyisi	شاعانتوعاي اۋدانى	50,000	6,107	8
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	50,000	28,784	2