Altay

Altay or Altai is a mountain range (the Altai Mountains) in East-Central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together.

Altay or Altai may also refer to:

In China

 * Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区), prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
 * Altay City (阿勒泰市), also spelled "Aletai", a city of Altay Prefecture

In Kazakhstan

 * Altai Town, a town of regional significance in East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan, until 2019 known as Zyryan or Zyryanovsk

In Mongolia

 * Govi-Altai Province, an Aimag (province)
 * Altai City, the capital of the Govi-Altai Aimag
 * Several Sums (districts) of different Aimags:
 * Altai, Govi-Altai
 * Altai, Bayan-Ölgii
 * Altai, Khovd

In Russia

 * Altai Republic, a federal subject of Russia
 * Altai Krai, a federal subject of Russia

Language and ethnic group

 * Altaic languages, a controversial, hypothetical language macro-family
 * Altai people, an ethnic group
 * Altai language, the language spoken by these people

People

 * Altay Sarsenuly Amanzholov, Kazakh Turkologist
 * Altay Özurgancı, Turkish basketball player
 * Fahrettin Altay, Turkish general

Other uses

 * Altai, a historical novel by Wu Ming
 * Altay sheep, a sheep breed
 * Altay S.K., a football club from İzmir, Turkey
 * Altay (tank), a Turkish main battle tank (2012) named after Fahrettin Altay
 * Altai gas pipeline, a proposed natural gas pipeline between Russia and China
 * Altai, soviet pre-cellular radiotelephone service