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| Province Abbreviation(s): 新 | |
| Capital | Urumqi |
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 1st 1,650,000 km² xx% |
| Population
- Density | Ranked 24thThis is a list of administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions) in order of their total population. The data, effective for 2001, are from the 2002
11.6/km² |
| Administration Type | Autonomous Region |
| Chairman of the Government | Ismail TiliwaldiIsmail Tiliwaldi (born November, 1944, born in Shufu) is the chairman of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. An Uighur, Tiliwaldi began working in 1967 and joined the Communist Party of China in May 1973. He graduated |
Traversed by the Silk RoadThe Silk Road ( Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: si chou zhi lu) was an interconnected series of routes through Southern Asia traversed by caravan and ocean vessel, and connecting Chang'an, China with Antioch, Syria, as well as other p, Xinjiang has been loosely controlled by China since the Han DynastyThe Han Dynasty ( Traditional Chinese characters: , Simplified Chinese characters: , pinyin Hanchao 202 BCE 220 CE) followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. During the Han Dynasty, China officially became a Confucian state and pr. However, because it is far from eastern China, it has been mostly autonomous. It has also been ruled by the MongolsThe Mongols are an ethnic group that originated in what is now Mongolia, Russia, and China, particularly Inner Mongolia. They currently number about 8. 5 million and speak the Mongol language. They form one of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by, Uighurs, and the pre-Turkic TochariansThe Tocharians (also spelled Tokharians were nomads who lived in today's Xinjiang who spoke the Tocharian languages. They were known by the Chinese as the Daxia (, although popular sources have argued that they were in fact the same as the Yuezhi), by the. The Qing Empire established Xinjiang Province in 1884.
In the period before the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Xinjiang was ruled by the warlord Sheng Shicai.
The autonomous region was established on October 1, 1955.
Xinjiang contains 2 prefecture-level cities, 7 prefectures, and 5 autonomous prefectures. Below them, there are 11 districts, 20 county-level cities, 62 counties, and 6 autonomous counties. Four of the county-level cities do not belong to any prefecture, so are administered directly by the province. They are the direct-control county-level administrative units (直轄縣級行政單位).
| Conventional | Hanzi | Pinyin | Uyghur | |
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| Autonomous prefectures | ||||
| Urumqi | 烏魯木齊市 | Wulǔmùqí | Ürümqi | |
| Karamay | 克拉瑪依市 | Kèlāmǎyi | Karamay | |
| Direct-control cities | ||||
| Shihanza | 石河子市 | Shíhézǐ | Xihənzə | |
| Tumshuk? | 圖木舒克市 | Túmùshukè | ||
| Alar | 阿拉尔市 | Ālāer | ||
| Wujiaqu | 五家渠市 | Wǔjiāqú | ||
| Prefectures | ||||
| Turpan | 吐魯番地區 | Tùlǔfān | Turpan | |
| Kumul | 哈密地區 | Hāmì | Kumul | |
| Hotan | 和田地區 | Hétián | Hotən | |
| Aksu | 阿克蘇地區 | Ākèsù | Aksu | |
| Kashgar | 喀什地區 | Kāshí | Kəxkər | |
| Autonomous prefectures | ||||
| Kizilsu? | 克孜勒苏州 | Kèzilèsu | Kizilsu | |
| Bayin'gholin | 巴音郭楞州 | Bāyìnguoléng | Bayinƣolin | |
| Sanji | 昌吉州 | Chāngjí | Sanji | |
| Börtala | 博爾塔拉州 | Bóertǎlā | Bortala | |
| Ili | 伊犁州 | Yilí | Ili | |
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