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Xinjiang
Uygur Autonomous Region
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Location:
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Xinjiang lies in northwest
China, bordering on Gansu and Qinghai
provinces to the southeast and the Tibet
Autonomous Region to the south, sharing
a 5,000-km border line with eight countries. |
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Area:
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1,600,000 sq km |
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Climate:
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While Xinjiang enjoys
between 2,500 to 3,000 hours of sunshine
each year, the amount of annual precipitation
for the entire region averages a mere
150 milliliters (ml), and thus the air
is quite dry. |
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provincial capital:
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Urumqi |
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Population:
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16.25 millions (March
2001) |
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Ethnic groups:
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Uygur (47.47 %), Han(37.58
%) and Kazak (7.3 %) ethnic groups,
as well as the Mongolian, Khirghiz,
Xibe, Tajik, Uzbek, Manchu, Daur, Tartar
and Russian ethnic groups. |
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Major Cities:
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Hetian (Hotan)
ILi
Kashgar
Korla
Turpan
Urumqi |
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Agriculture:
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the region has had 15
successive years of good harvests with
total grain output for the end of the
year reaching 7.06 million ton, in addition
to over 34.59 million head of livestock.
The output of staple crops increased
significantly, with unprecedented figures
recorded for the output of cotton and
sugar beets. |
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Industry:
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The region's relatively
well developed industrial structure
focuses on a whole range industries,
such as textiles, foodstuff processing,
leather, paper, sugar, carpets, raw
and refined oil, iron and steel, metallurgy,
machinery, chemicals, power generation,
building materials and the light industry.
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