Geography and Coordinates
* The following figures include both Tacheng Prefecture and Altay Prefecture.
- Area: 273,200 km² *
- Population: 3,880,000 (2000) *
- Capital: Yining City
- Geographic coordinates: 79º50'30″ - 84º56'50″ East, 42º14'16″ - 44º50'30″ North
The Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture is west of Mongolia, south of Russia and east of Kazakhstan. Its foreign boundary is 2,000 km. (The Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture interrupts the border with Kazakhstan for several km.)
The upper course of the Ili River and that of Irtysh River (Ertix River) flow through the prefecture.
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