Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Xinjiang

Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu: autonomous region in China

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Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu currently has 18 quality-checked populated place pages and 14 county pages linked on MapSof.

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Quick Facts about Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu

Country People's Republic of China
State Xinjiang (China)
Area 1664897.17 km2
Official name 新疆维吾尔自治区, شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونی, Шинжаң-Уйгур автоном району, ཤིན་ཅང་ཡུ་གུར་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
Latitude & Longitude 41.5000,85.5000
Capital Ürümqi
Establishment October 01, 1955 (70 years ago)
Time Zone UTC+08:00
Local time 08:36:52 (23rd April 2026)

Geography

Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu is located at 41°30'0"N 85°30'0"E (41.5000000, 85.5000000). It has 7 neighbors: Tibet Autonomous Region, Qinghai Sheng, Kachin State, Respublika Altay, Bayan Olgiy Aymag, Ysyk Kol Oblasty and Gansu Sheng.

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The largest city of Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu is Aral with a population of 29,887. . See all Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu cities & populated places.

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  • Beitun
  • Karamay
  • Ürümqi
  • Tumxuk
  • Hami
  • Hotan Prefecture
  • Shihezi
  • Tiemenguan City
  • Kashgar Prefecture
  • Altay Prefecture
  • Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
  • Aksu Prefecture
  • Turpan
  • Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
  • Aral, Xinjiang
  • Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
  • Wujiaqu
  • Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture
  • Tacheng Prefecture
  • Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
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