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^[1]) 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
Autonomous region
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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