Tacheng Prefecture

Tacheng Prefecture
Tacheng Prefecture
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	塔城地区
Traditional Chinese	塔城地區
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Tǎchéng Dìqū
Wade–Giles	T'a3-ch'eng2 Ti4-ch'ü1
IPA	[tʰàʈʂʰə̌ŋ tîtɕʰý]
other Mandarin
Xiao'erjing	تَاچٍْ دِکِیُوِ
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	塔尔巴哈台地区
Traditional Chinese	塔爾巴哈台地區
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Tǎ'ěrbāhātái Dìqū
other Mandarin
Xiao'erjing	تَاعَربَاحَاتَیْ دِکِیُوِ
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Тарвагатай тойрог
Mongolian script	ᠲᠠᠷᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠢ ᠲᠣᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ
SASM/GNC
Transcriptions
SASM/GNC	Tarvagatai toɣoriɣ
Uyghur name
Uyghur	تارباغاتاي ۋىلايىتى‎
Latin Yëziqi
Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi	Tarbaghatay wilayiti
Yengi Yeziⱪ	Tarbaƣatay wilayiti
SASM/GNC	Tarbagatai wilayiti
Siril Yëziqi	Тарбағатай вилайити
Uyghur IPA	[tarbaʁataj]
Kazakh name
Kazakh	تارباعاتاي ايماعى; Tarbaǵataı Aımaǵy; Тарбағатай аймағы

Tacheng Prefecture

塔城地区 (Chinese)
تارباغاتاي ۋىلايىتى (Uyghur)
تارباعاتاي ايماعى (Kazakh)
Tarbagatay, Chuguchak, Qoqek
Tacheng Prefecture 塔城地区 (Chinese); تارباغاتاي ۋىلايىتى (Uyghur); تارباعاتاي ايماعى (Kazakh) Tarbagatay, Chuguchak, Qoqek
Prefecture
	Usu in Tacheng Prefecture
	Tacheng prefecture (red) in Ili prefecture (light red) and Xinjiang (orange)
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Xinjiang
Sub-provincial	Ili Prefecture
Area
• Total	98,824 km2 (38,156 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	992,444
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
GDP
• Total	CN¥ 69.7 billion; US$ 10.1 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 54,095; US$ 7,842
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 code	CN-XJ-42
Website	xjtc.gov.cn

Tacheng Prefecture (Chinese: 塔城地区; pinyin: Tǎchéng dìqū) is located in northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of 98,824 km² (38,156 sq mi) and a population of 992,444 (2020). It is a part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The prefecture level city of Karamay forms a separate enclave in the middle of Tacheng.