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ltai is located north Xinjiang uygur region. Northwest with Russian, Kazakhstan border, northeast and Mongolian People's Republic borders on, the border line long amounts to more than 1,100 kilometers. Total area 117,000 square kilometers.North has the altai ranges , south is the jungar Basin. Topography northeast high,southwest is low. Is the temperate zone continental climate the cold cold sector.

At present ,Altay area governs the altai city (administrative office locus), the Qinghe county, the Fuyun county, the Fuhai county, Burqin County, the habahe county, Jeminay County. Entire local population 568,300 people. Mainly is the Kazakh national minority, the Chinese, Mongolia, Uygur, hui and so on the nationality.

Altay area mountains and rivers grand are varied, have the style special natural scenery. The main scenery scenic spot has the Hans lake natural landscape protectorate,the burgin river nature protection area, the butterfly ditch and so on.

Spring multi- winds, summer multi- rain, autumn cool, the winter cold but is long. Within the boundaries has Ertix River and the Ulungur River two big river systems. Ertix River is our country pours into Arctic Ocean the rivers, Ulungur River is only an inland river. The buluntuo sea waters area 100,000 hectares, are rich in 10 many kinds of fish, ¡°the north fishing region ¡°name.