bortala

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1. A Mongol autonomous prefecture in the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

   “Urumchi Sinkiang Regional Service in Mandarin at 1300 GMT on 30 October reports that 143d Regimental Farm in Shihhotze Prefecture develops forestry. The same broadcasts reports that 84th Regimental Farm in Poerhtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture restores award system in efforts to promote animal husbandry.”

   “Overall, trade via the new ports of entry on the Xinjiang-Kazakstani border expanded tremendously in the first five years. Six of the new ports are by road: They include[...]The most important route, however, is the railway link that crosses the Chinese-Kazakstani border at Alataw (Ala Shankou), in the Bortala-Mongol Autonomous Prefecture.”

   “Wenquan is part of the Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, the base of the Chahar in Xinjiang. (Their ancestral home is in present-day Inner Mongolia, where the majority of Chahar in China live.) The prefecture is one of several scattered enclaves that arose from Qing-era garrisons.”