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Xinjiang

Xinjiang is the largest political subdivision of China. Xinjiang is divided into two basins by Mount Tianshan. Dzungarian Basin is in the north, and Tarim Basin is in the south.
Xinjiang's lowest point is 155 metres below sea level (lowest point in the PRC as well). Its highest peak is 8611 metres above sea level on the border with Kashmir.
Xinjiang has within it's borders the actual point of land remotest from the sea (Lat. 46 degrees 16.8 minutes N, Long. 86 degrees 40.2 minutes E) in the Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert, 1,645 miles (2648 km) from the nearest coastline (straight-line distance).

Xinjiang is known for its fruits and produce including grapes and melons. Cotton, wheat, silk, walnuts, and sheep are also produced. Xinjiang also has large deposits of minerals and oil.

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Xinjiang is home to several Muslim Turkic groups including the Uyghurs and the Kazakhs. Other PRC minority ethnic groups include Hui Chinese, the Kirghiz, the Mongols, the Russians, the Xibes, the Tajik, the Uzbek, the Tatars, and the Manchus.

Xinjiang has seen a similar struggle to Tibet's in maintaining its culture. The percentage of ethnic Han Chinese in Xinjiang has grown from 6 percent in 1949 to 40 percent at present.

The Uighurs trace descent to both the Turkic Uighurs and the pre-Turkic Indo-European Tocharians (or Tokharians), and fair-skin, hair and eyes, as well as other so-called 'Caucasoid' physical traits, are not uncommon among them.

Urumqi

Ürümqi (Uyghur Latin script: Ürümqi; Pinyin: Wu-lu(mùqí; population about 1.6 million ) is the capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country.
It is the largest city in the western half of China, and is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the remotest city from any sea at a distance of about 1,400 miles (2500 km) from the nearest coastline.
The actual point of land remotest from the sea is approximately 200 miles away from Ürümqi at Lat. 46 degrees 16.8 minutes N, Long. 86 degrees 40.2 minutes E in the Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert. It was reached by Britons Nicholas Crane and Dr Richard Crane on 27 June 1986. This position is at a straight-line distance of 1,645 miles (2648 km) from the nearest coastline.

The GDP per capita was ¥17655 (ca. US$2130) in 2003, ranked no. 94 among 659 Chinese cities.

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Bogeda Binguan 10, Guangming Lu Tel. 282-39-10 Fax. 281-57-69 Urumqi	Yaou Binguan Huoche Zhan Tel. 585-66-99 Fax. 585-76-19 Urumqi
Xinjiang Dianli Binguan 57, Minzhu Lu Tel. 282-29-11 Fax. 282-60-31 Urumqi	Jingu Dajiudian 84, Xinhua Beilu Tel. 282-67-88 Fax. 283-36-13 Urumqi

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