Bole ( ), also known by its Mongolian name Bortala (), is a county-level city in Xinjiang, China. It is the seat of Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, which borders Kazakhstan. The city covers an area of and has a total population of 270,000 . The Northern Xinjiang Railway runs through the city, as do highways to Ürümqi.
Climate
Bole has a borderline cool arid climate (Köppen BWk) just short of a cool semi-arid climate (BSk). Like all of Xinjiang, Bole has very warm to hot summers and freezing to frigid winters. Precipitation, again common to all of Xinjiang outside the mountains, is very low and chiefly falls in summer.
Subdivisions
Bole is made up of 5 subdistricts, 4 towns and 1 township.
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! Name
! Simplified Chinese
! Hanyu Pinyin
! Uyghur (UEY)
! Uyghur Latin (ULY)
! Mongolian (traditional)
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| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|Subdistricts
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| Qindel Subdistrict
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| 652701001
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| Golomt Subdistrict
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| 652701002
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| Nanchengqu Subdistrict
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| 652701004
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| Qindala Subdistrict
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| 652701005
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| Kerginjo Subdistrict
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| 652701006
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| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|Towns
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| Xiaoyingpan Town
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| 652701100
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| Dalt Town
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| 652701101
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| Ut Bulag Town
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| 652701102
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| Qindel Town
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| 652701103
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| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|Townships
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| Belin Harmodon Township
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| 652701201
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Others:
- Aral Tohoi Pasture (阿热勒托海牧场, , )
- XPCC 86th Regiment Branch Farm (兵团八十六团分部) (86-تۇەن مەيدانى) (86 )
Notable people
- Nur Bekri
Notes
References
External links
- Official website