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Bole (Traditional Chinese: 博樂; Simplified Chinese: 博乐; pinyin: Bólè) or Bortala (Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠷᠲᠠᠯᠠ, Бортал; Uyghur: بۆرتالا, Börtala, Bɵrtala) is a county-level city in Xinjiang. The area is 7517 km² and the total population is 403,700 (2003). Bortala is Mongolian and means "brown grasslands". Bortala is the seat of Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, which borders to Kazakhstan. Bortala has a railway and highway connections to Urumqi.
Coordinates: 44°54′13.6″N 82°4′14.93″E / 44.903778°N 82.0708139°E / 44.903778; 82.0708139