
Altai Prefecture is an administrative division of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in the far northeast of China.
It contains part of the Altai mountain range, which crosses 4 countries: Mongolia, China, Kazakhestan and Russia, with a summit reaching 4506 m (Mount Beloukha).
Its area: 117,709.61 km2.
Its population: more than 600,000 inhabitants
Its capital: the city of Altai.






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