Altay City
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Altay City is a county-level city in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, with administrative division code 654301.

## Administrative status

Altay City is part of [Altay Prefecture](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/altay-654300.html) (prefecture)[^mca2023].

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 654301[^mca2023]
- Area: 10,825.67 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 221,454 (2020)[^wikidata]

## History

- From 1 January 1921: named “承化县”, until 31 December 1952[^wikidata].
- From 1 September 1954: named “阿勒泰县”, until 16 November 1984[^wikidata].
- From 1 January 1953: named “阿泰县”, until 30 August 1954[^wikidata].

Updated: 2026-10-25

Tags:
- 行政区划 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Located in: Altay Prefecture https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/altay-654300.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)

Mentioned in:
- 阿勒泰地区 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/altay-654300.html

Sources:
- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部） https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 654301 阿勒泰市
- Wikidata Q434924 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434924
- Altay City (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altay_City
- 阿勒泰市（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E5%8B%92%E6%B3%B0%E5%B8%82