Xinjiang
Xinjiang (Uyghur: شىنجاڭ, ULY: Shinjang; Mandarin pronunciation: [ɕíntɕjɑ́ŋ]; Cheenese: 新疆; pinyin: Xīnjiāng; Wade–Giles: Hsin1-chiang1; Postal map spelling: Sinkiang) is an autonomous region (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region[2]) o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It is the lairgest Cheenese admeenistrative diveesion an spans ower 1.6 million km2. Xinjiang borders Roushie, Mongolie, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan an Indie, haes abundant ile reserves an is Cheenae's lairgest natural gas-producin region.
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区 | |
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Name transcription(s) | |
• Cheenese | 新疆维吾尔自治区 (Xīnjiāng Wéiwú'ěr Zìzhìqū) |
• Abbreviation | 新 (pinyin: Xīn) |
Uyghur transcription(s) | |
• شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونى | Shinjang Uyghur Aptonom Rayoni |
Map shawin the location o Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region | |
Named for | 新 xīn – new 疆 jiāng – frontier "new frontier" |
Caipital | Ürümqi |
Lairgest ceety | Ürümqi |
Divisions | 14 prefecturs, 99 coonties, 1005 tounships |
Govrenment | |
• Secretar | Zhang Chunxian (张春贤) |
• Govrenor | Nur Bekri (نۇر بەكرى or 努尔•白克力) |
Area | |
• Total | 1660001 km2 (640,930 sq mi) |
Area rank | 1st |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 21,813,334 |
• Rank | 25t |
• Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 29t |
Demographics | |
• Ethnic composeetion | Uyghur – 45% Han – 41% Kazakh – 7% Hui – 5% Kyrgyz – 0.9% Mongols – 0.8% Dongxiang – 0.3% Pamiris – 0.2% Xibe – 0.2% |
• Leids an dialects | Mainly Mandarin an Uyghur, an aw Mongolie an ither 41 languages |
ISO 3166 code | CN-65 |
GDP (2010) | CNY 541.2 billion US$ 80.04 billion (25t) |
• per capita | CNY 25,034 US$ 3,698 (19t) |
HDI (2008) | 0.774 (medium) (21st) |
Website | http://www.xinjiang.gov.cn (Various languages) |
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Footnotes
eedit- ↑ Does not include any territory disputed with India or Pakistan
- ↑ Xinjang Uyĝur Aptonom Rayoni in SASM/GNC romanization
Fremmit airtins
eeditWikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Xinjiang. |
- Xinjiang Govrenment wabsteid Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Cheenese) an [1] Archived 2012-01-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)
- Economic profile for Xinjiang at HKTDC
- "Evidence that a West-East admixed population lived in the Tarim Basin as early as the early Bronze Age" Li et al. BMC Biology 2010, 8:15. [2]
- Britannica Xinjiang
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