Xinjiang Library

The Xinjiang Library (simplified Chinese: 新疆图书馆; traditional Chinese: 新疆圖書館), also known as the Library of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,^[2] is an autonomous region-level public library of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, located on Beijing Road in Urumqi.^[3]

Xinjiang Library
自治区图书馆
43.84634841810761°N 87.57604909788796°E / 43.84634841810761; 87.57604909788796
Location	Beijing Road, Ürümqi, China
Type	Public library
Established	August 1930[1]
Other information
Website	https://www.xjlib.org/

History

Xinjiang Library was founded in August 1930 as the Xinjiang Provincial Library^[4] and renamed as the People's Library of Xinjiang Province in December 1949,^[5] which was renamed as the Library of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region when the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was established in October 1955.^[6]

By the end of 1999, Xinjiang Library had a total of 1.14 million volumes in its collection.^[7]