Altay Prefecture
Altay Prefecture is located in Northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China.It is a part of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.It also shares an international border with the neighboring Altai Republic, located within Russia.Altay is considered the birthplace of skiing, based on 10,000 to 30,000 year old cave paintings depicting skiers.[4] The prefecture is divided into one county-level city and six counties.