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URUMQI
At a glance | General Information | History | Attractions | Tours originating: Urumqi

Urumqi Attractions: Heavenly Lake (Tianchi Lake) | Red Hill Park | Xinjiang Provincial Museum | Southern Pastures (West White Poplar Gully) | Southern Mosque | Tartar Mosque

Urumqi at a glance:

The capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the center of politics, economy and culture of Xinjiang. Location: located between 8637' - 8858' east longitude and 4245' - 4408' north latitude, deeply lies in the hinterland of continent, and in the middle-northern of Tianshan Range, the south edge of Zhunger Basins. Neighboring areas: Gansu prvoince and Qinghai province, Tibet Autonomous Region. Physical Features: mostly covered by mountains with west part featured as vast plain area. Population: 1.5 million. Urban Population: 1.08 million. Area: 12,000 sq. km. Nationalities: Uigur, Han, Hui, Manchu, Kazakstan, Xibe, Russia, Tatar and Mongolian. Climatic Features: belongs to semiarid continental climate of middle temperate zone, temperate difference between day and night; shorter spring and autumn and longer winter and summer; frost-free period of 179 days and 2,821 hours sunlight annually. Average Temperature: 6.4C. Rainfall: average annual of 236mm. See our Weather Page. Products: crops, grains, vegetable oil, vegetables, melons and grapes.

General Information:

Urumqi is the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The city lies west of Bogda Mountain (part of the Tianshan Range) and at the southeastern edge of Junggar Basin. For over two thousand years, the area around Urumqi has been lush pastures populated by many minorities who herded sheep and cattle, Urumchi actually meaning "beautiful pastures" in Mongolian.

History:

A pasture land in ancient times; troops stationing in the Urumqi area in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD); set up as a city during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD); in 1884, established as the capital of Xinjiang province.