Altay City
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Altay City
Not to be confused with Altai City.
| Altay التاي ئالتاي |
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| — County-level city — | |
| 阿勒泰市 | |
 Altay
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Altay
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| Coordinates: 47°52′N 88°07′E / 47.867°N 88.117°ECoordinates: 47°52′N 88°07′E / 47.867°N 88.117°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Altay Prefecture |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,852 km2 (4,190 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 142,000 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
Altay or Aletai (Chinese: 阿勒泰; pinyin: Ālètài) is a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in the People's Republic of China. It is the administrative centre of Altay Prefecture, and has 142,000 inhabitants.
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Geography
Climate
Altay has a cold semi-arid climate (Koppen BSk), with dry conditions year-round and an annual precipitation total of only 191 millimetres (7.5 in). Winters are long and bitterly cold, but dry, with a January average of −15.5 °C (4.1 °F). 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.
| Climate data for Altay City (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −9.4 (15.1) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
12.1 (53.8) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −21 (−5.8) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
2.2 (36.0) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 12.5 (0.492) |
9.1 (0.358) |
8.7 (0.343) |
13.1 (0.516) |
16.6 (0.654) |
15.7 (0.618) |
25.8 (1.016) |
16.1 (0.634) |
15.6 (0.614) |
15.0 (0.591) |
22.3 (0.878) |
20.8 (0.819) |
191.3 (7.531) |
| % humidity | 74 | 73 | 71 | 48 | 43 | 48 | 52 | 49 | 49 | 54 | 68 | 75 | 58.7 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.4 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 83.8 |
| Sunshine hours | 163.6 | 182.4 | 247.7 | 281.9 | 325.4 | 338.2 | 343.5 | 326.6 | 278.6 | 220.8 | 153.5 | 131.1 | 2,993.3 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration [1] | |||||||||||||
Transport
Culture
Education
Economy
People
- Ma Fuxiang (1876–1932), military governor of Altay
- Rebiya Kadeer (born 1947), political activist
- Hanati Silamu (born 1984), boxer
References
- ^ "中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）" (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. http://cdc.cma.gov.cn/shuju/search1.jsp?dsid=SURF_CLI_CHN_MUL_MMON_19712000_CES&tpcat=SURF&type=table&pageid=3. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
External links
- Government website of Altay, Xinjiang (in Simplified Chinese)
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