Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture (Mongol: ᠪᠣᠷᠢᠲᠠᠯᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠤ , Mongolian: Bortalyn Mongol öörtöö zasakh toirog; Chinese: 博尔塔拉蒙古自治州; pinyin: Bó'ěrtǎlā Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu; Uyghur: بۆرتالا موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى, Börtala Mongghul Aptonom Oblasti, Bɵrtala Mongƣul Aptonom Oblasti) is a Mongol autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It has an area of 27,000 square kilomet...
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Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture (Mongol: ᠪᠣᠷᠢᠲᠠᠯᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠤ , Mongolian: Bortalyn Mongol öörtöö zasakh toirog; Chinese: 博尔塔拉蒙古自治州; pinyin: Bó'ěrtǎlā Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu; Uyghur: بۆرتالا موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى, Börtala Mongghul Aptonom Oblasti, Bɵrtala Mongƣul Aptonom Oblasti) is a Mongol autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It has an area of 27,000 square kilometers. Bole is its capital. "Bortala" comes from the Mongol language, and means "brown grasslands".
Bortala is located in the southwestern part of the Dzungarian Basin. It borders Kazakhstan to the north and west, and has an international border of 385 km. 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.
Bortala is divided into one county-level city, Bole, and two counties: Jinghe County and Wenquan County. In...
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