Tacheng Prefecture ( zh, s=塔城地区, p=Tǎchéng dìqū) is located in northern

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

, People's Republic of China. It has an

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of and a population of 992,444 (2020). It is a part of

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in northern Xinjiang, China. Its capital is Yining, also known as Ghulja or Kulja. Covering an area of 268,591 square kilometres (16.18 per cent of Xinjiang), Ili Prefecture shares ...

. The prefecture level city of Karamay forms a separate

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in the middle of Tacheng.

Subdivisions

Tacheng prefecture is divided into 3 county level cities, 3

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, and 1

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Demographics

Geography

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

Heads

Secretary

# Li Fengzi -1991.05 # Li Guimao 1991.06-1994.07 # Wu Qilin 1994.07-2000.04 # Tang Dingbang 2000.04-2004.11 # Peng Jiarui 2004.11-2011.07 # Zhang Bo 2011.07-2015.01 # Xue Bin since 2017.03 ()

Governors

# Baspaı Sholaquly Баспай Шолақұлы 1945–1952 # Arystanbek (Арыстанбек) (阿尔斯坦别克) 1983.-1993.06 #

Alpısbaý Raxımulı Alpysbai Rakhimuly (; born June 1948) is a Chinese politician of Kazakhs, Kazakh origin who served as vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from 2008 to 20 ...

1993.06-1997.01 # Qızaýjan Seýilqojaulı 1996.12-2003.01 # Tilepaldı Äbdiraşïd 2003.01-2008.01 :zh:铁力瓦尔迪·阿不都热西提 # Mänen Zeýnelulı 2008.01-2012.04 # Aqanulı Sarqıt :zh:沙尔合提·阿汗 2012.04-2016.06 # Muqïyat Jarmuqamet ()2016.06-present

References

Prefecture-level divisions of Xinjiang Long stubs with short prose {{Xinjiang-geo-stub