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Urumchi or
Ürümqi, sometimes spelled
Wulumuqi (English ; ; ) is the capital of the
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the
People's Republic of China, in the
northwest of the country.
Geography
Located in a green oasis between the lofty ice-capped Bogda Peak, the vast Salt Lake in the east, the rolling pine-covered Southern hill and the alternating fields and sand dunes of Zunggar Basin in the northwest, Ürümqi has an average elevation of 800 meters. The largest city in the western half of China, Ürümqi has won a place in the
Guinness Book of Records as the most remote city from any sea in the world at a distance of about 1,400 miles (2500 km) from the nearest coastline (Ürümqi being the city closest to the Eurasian
Pole of Inaccessibility). The city has an
area of 10,989
km².
Climate
In Ürümqi a continental steppe climate with hot and dry summers prevails with average temperatures in July at 24°
C (75°
F) as well as damp and cold winters with average temperatures in January at -16°C (3°F). The annual average temperature amounts to 5.4°C (41.7°F), and the yearly precipitation is about 273 mm.
History
Two thousand years ago Ürümqi was an important town on the northern route of the
Silk Road, a vast network of trade routes that also facilitated cultural exchanges throughout
Eurasia. During the 22nd year of Emperor Zhenguan's reign in the Tang Dynasty,
648 A.D., the Tang government set up the town of Luntai in the ancient town seat of Urabo, 10 kilometers from the southern suburb of present-day Ürümqi. The Ancient Luntai Town was a seat of local government, and collected taxes from the caravans along the northern route of the Silk Road. During the Qing Dynasty (
1763 A.D.) Emperor
Qianlong named the expanded town of Luntai "Dihua" (
pinyin: Díhuà;
Manchu:
Wen de dahabure fu), meaning "to enlighten." In
1884, Emperor Guang Xu established
Xinjiang as a Province, with Di Hua as its capital. Following the founding of the People's Republic of China, on
February 1,
1954, the city was renamed Ürümqi, meaning " beautiful pasture" in the Mongolian language of the Junggar tribe.
Ürümqi has one county and seven districts (Ürümqi county, Tianshan District, Sharyibark District, Toutunhe District, Shuimogou District, Xinshi District, Dongshan District, and Nanshan Mine District) under its jurisdiction.
Demographics
According to the 2000 census, Ürümqi has 2,081,834 inhabitants with a population density of 174.53 inhabitants/km². Of these, 75.3% are
Han Chinese, 12.8% are
Uyghurs, 8.0% are
Hui and 2.3% are
Kazakhs.
Administrative divisions
Ürümqi currently comprises 8 administrative sub-divisions,
county-level units, of these, 7 are
districts and 1 is a
county.
The areas of the city are divided into 7 districts and 1 county:
Economy
Ürümqi is a major industrial center within Xinjiang. Ürümqi, together with
Karamay and
Bayin'gholin account for 64.5% of the total industrial output of Xinjiang. Ürümqi is also the largest consumer center in the region, recording
¥19.1 billion retail sales of consumer goods in 2004, accounting for 33.9% of the region's total retail value. The
GDP per capita was
¥22,820 (ca.
US$2,850) in 2004
(External Link
). Ürümqi has been a central developmental target for the "Develop the West" project that the Central Government is pursuing.
Transportation
Air: Ürümqi is served by the
Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport.
Rail
A railway line connects the city to Kashgar (southwest)
Ürümqi is also on the Beijing-Almaty (Kazakhstan) railway line via Druzhba, Kazakhstan. In 2008, there's a proposal to build a more direct line to Almaty.
Road
Ürümqi is located along the China National Highway 312 and China National Highway 314.
Media
The Xinjiang Networking Transmission Limited operates the Urumqi People Broadcasting Station and the Xinjiang People Broadcasting Station, broadcasting in the Mandarin, Uyghur, Kazakh, Mongolian, Russian and the Kyrgyz languages.
Sport
Xinjiang Flying Tigers is a major basketball team in the region.Further Information
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