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20-September-2008 09:29:08 - Xinjiang For the county in Shanxi province, see Xinjiang County. Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Uyghur : Ø´Ù‰Ù†Ø¬Ø§Ú Ø¦Û‡ÙŠØºÛ‡Ø± ئاپتونوم رايون Shinjang Uyghur Aptonom Rayoni Chinese : 新疆维å?¾å°”自治区 XÄ«njiÄ?ng Wéiwú'Ä›r ZìzhìqÅ« Abbreviations: æ–° pinyin: XÄ«n Name is highlighted on this map Origin of name æ–° xÄ«n - new ç–† jiÄ?ng - territory new territory Administration type Autonomous region Capital and largest city Ãœrümqi Official languages Mandarin Uyghur Designated Minority Uyghur CPC Ctte Secretary Wang Lequan Chairman Nur Bekri 努尔·白克力 Area 1,660,001 km² 640,930 sq mi 1st Population 2004 - Density 19,630,000 24th 11.8 /km² 31 /sq mi 29th GDP 2007 - per capita CNY 349.4 billion 25th CNY 16,860 14th HDI 2005 0.757 medium 14th Nationalities percentage Uyghur - 45% Han - 41% Kazakh - 7% Hui - 5% Kyrgyz - 0.9% Mongol - 0.8% Dongxiang - 0.3% Tajik - 0.2% Xibe - 0.2% Prefecture-level 14 divisions County-level 99 divisions Township-level†1005 divisions ISO 3166-2 CN-65 Official website http://www.xinjiang.gov.cn Simplified Chinese Source for population and GDP data: 《ä¸å›½ç»Ÿè®¡å¹´é‰´-2005》 China Statistical Yearbook 2005 ISBN 7503747382 Source for nationalities data: 《2000年人å?£æ™®æŸ¥ä¸å›½æ°‘æ—?人å?£èµ„料》 Tabulation on nationalities of 2000 population census of China ISBN 7105054255 †As at December 31, 2004 Template â– Discussion â– China Xinjiang Uyghur: شىنجاÚ, Shinjang; Chinese: æ–°ç–†; pinyin: XÄ«njiÄ?ng; Wade-Giles: Hsin1-chiang1; Postal map spelling: Sinkiang is an autonomous region Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It is a large, sparsely populated area spanning over 1.6 million sq. km which takes up about one sixth of the country's territory. Xinjiang borders the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south and Qinghai and Gansu provinces to the southeast, Mongolia to the east, Russia to the north, and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to the west. It administers most of Aksai Chin, over which India claims sovereignty. Xinjiang or Ice Jecen in Manchu, literally means New Frontier, a name given during the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China.1 It is home to a number of different ethnic groups, many of them Turkic, the largest of which are the Uyghurs. Older English-language reference works often refer to the area as Chinese Turkestan2, Sinkiang, East Turkestan, or Uyghuristan. Contents 1 History 1.1 Early history 1.2 Struggle between Xiongnu and Han China 1.3 A succession of peoples 1.4 Tang Dynasty and the Khanates 1.5 Arrival of the Mongols 1.6 Qing Dynasty 1.7 After the Qing Dynasty 1.8 Continued tensions 2 Subdivisions 3 Geography and geology 3.1 Rivers 3.2 Deserts 3.3 Major cities 4 Politics 5 Economy 6 Demographics 6.1 HIV/AIDS 7 Media 8 Sports 9 Transportation 9.1 Roads 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 External links History This section may be too long. Please consider splitting it into subsections as suggested by :Layout. Main article: History of Xinjiang Early history According to JP Mallory, the Chinese sources describe the existence of white people with long hair or the Bai people in the Shan Hai Jing, who lived beyond their northwestern border.3 The very well preserved Tarim mummies with Caucasoid features, often with reddish or blond hair, today displayed at the Ãœrümqi Museum and dated to the 3rd century BC, have been found in precisely the same area of the Tarim Basin. Various nomadic tribes, such as the Yuezhi were part of the large migration of Indo-European speaking peoples who were settled in eastern Central Asia possibly as far as Gansu at that time. The Ordos culture situated at northern China east of the Yuezhi, are another example. Nomadic cultures such as the Yuezhi are documented in the area of Xinjiang where the first known reference to the Yuezhi was made in 645 BC by the Chinese Guan Zhong in his Guanzi 管å?Guanzi Essays: 73: 78: 80: 81 . He described the Yuzhi 禺æ°?, or Niuzhi 牛æ°?, as a people from the north-west who supplied jade to the Chinese from the nearby mountains of Yuzhi 禺æ°? at Gansu.4 The supply of jade5 from the Tarim Basin from ancient times is indeed well documented archaeologically: It is well known that ancient Chinese rulers had a strong attachment to jade. All of the jade items excavated from the tomb of Fuhao of the Shang dynasty, more than 750 pieces, were from Khotan in modern Xinjiang. As early as the mid-first millennium BC the Yuezhi engaged in the jade trade, of which the major consumers were the rulers of agricultural China. Liu 2001, pp. 267-268. The nomadic tribes of the Yuezhi are also documented in detail in Chinese historical accounts, in particular the 2nd-1st century BC Records of the Great Historian, or Shiji, by Sima Qian, which state that they were flourishing but regularly in conflict with the neighbouring tribe of the Xiongnu to the northeast. According to these accounts: The Yuezhi originally lived in the area between the Qilian or Heavenly Mountains Tian Shan and Dunhuang, but after they were defeated by the Xiongnu they moved far away to the west, beyond Dayuan, where they attacked and conquered the people of Daxia and set up the court of their king on the northern bank of the Gui = Oxus River. A small number of their people who were unable to make the journey west sought refuge among the Qiang barbarians in the Southern Mountains, where they are known as the Lesser Yuezhi.6 Struggle between Xiongnu and Han China Tarim Basin in the 3rd century Tarim Basin in the 3rd century Traversed by the Northern Silk Road,7 Western Regions or Xinjiang is the Chinese name for the Tarim and Dzungaria regions of what is now northwest China. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty 206 BC - AD 220, the region was subservient to the Xiongnu, a powerful nomadic people based in modern Mongolia. In the 2nd century BC, Han China sent Zhang Qian as an envoy to the states in the region, beginning several decades of struggle between the Xiongnu and Han China over dominance of the region, eventually ending in Chinese success. In 60 BC Han China established the Protectorate of the Western Regions 西域都è·åºœ at Wulei çƒ?壘; near modern Luntai to oversee the entire region as far west as the Pamir. During the usurpation of Wang Mang in China, the dependent states of the protectorate rebelled and returned to Xiongnu domination in AD 13. Over the next century, Han China conducted several expions into the region, re-establishing the protectorate from 74-76, 91-107, and from 123 onward. After the fall of the Han Dynasty, the protectorate continued to be maintained by Cao Wei until 265 and the Western Jin Dynasty from 265 onwards. A summary of Classical sources on the Seres Greek and Roman name of China essentially Pliny and Ptolemy gives the following account: The region of the Seres is a vast and populous country, touching on the east the Ocean and the limits of the habitable world, and extending west nearly to Imaus and the confines of Bactria. The people are civilised men, of mild, just, and frugal temper, eschewing collisions with their neighbours, and even shy of close intercourse, but not averse to dispose of their own products, of which raw silk is the staple, but which include also silk stuffs, furs, and iron of remarkable quality. - Henry Yule, Cathey and the way thither A succession of peoples A Buddha statue from Tumshuq, Xinjiang. 5th century. This is an example of Serindian art. A Buddha statue from Tumshuq, Xinjiang. 5th century. This is an example of Serindian art. The Western Jin Dynasty succumbed to successive waves of invasions by nomads from the north at the beginning of the 4th century. The short-lived non-Han Chinese kingdoms that ruled northwestern China one after the other, including Former Liang, Former Qin, Later Liang, and Western Liáng, all attempted to maintain the protectorate, with varying extents and degrees of success. After the final reunification of northern China under the Northern Wei empire, its protectorate controlled what is now the southeastern third of Xinjiang. Local states such as Shule, Yutian, Guizi and Qiemo controlled the western half, while the central region around Turpan was controlled by Gaochang, remnants of a state Northern Liang that once ruled part of what is now Gansu province in northwestern China. Tang Dynasty and the Khanates The Tang Dynasty was established in 618, and would prove to be one of the most expansionist dynasties in Chinese history. Starting from the 620's and 630's, Tang China conducted a series of expions against the Turks, eventually forcing the surrender of the western Turks in 657. Xinjiang was placed under the Anxi Protectorate 安西都è·åºœ; Protectorate Pacifying the West. The protectorate did not outlast the decline of Tang China in the 8th century. During the devastating Anshi Rebellion, Tibet invaded Tang China on a wide front from Xinjiang to Yunnan, occupied the Tang capital Chang'an in 763 for 16 days, and taking control of southern Xinjiang by the end of the century. At the same time, the Uyghur Khaganate took control of northern Xinjiang, as well as much of the rest of Central Asia, including Mongolia. Both Tibet and the Uyghur Khaganate declined in the mid-9th century. The Kara-Khanid Khanate, which arose from a confederation of Turkic tribes scattered after the destruction of the Uyghur empire, took control of western Xinjiang in the 10th century and the 11th century. Meanwhile, after the Uyghur khanate in Mongolia had been smashed by the Kirghiz, branches of the Uyghurs established themselves in the area around today's Turfan and Urumchi in 840. This Uyghur state would remain in eastern Xinjiang until the 13th century, though it would be subject to various overlords during that time. Some scholars have argued, that the Kara-Khanids were likewise Uyghurs, as some of the components in the Kara-Khanid federation were likewise from the ruling clans of the Uyghur empire. The Kara-Khanids converted to Islam, whereas the Uyghur state in eastern Xinjiang remained Manicheaean, while tolerating Buddhism and Christianity. In 1132, remnants of the Khitan Empire from Manchuria entered Xinjiang, fleeing the onslaught of the Jurchens into north China. They established an exile regime, the Kara-Khitan Khanate, which became overlord over both Kara-Khanid-held and Uyghur-held parts of the Tarim Basin for the next century. Arrival of the Mongols After Genghis Khan had unified Mongolia and began his advance west, the Uyghur state in the Turfan-Urumchi area sensibly offered its allegiance to the Mongols in 1209, contributing taxes and troops to the Mongol imperial effort. In return, the Uyghur rulers retained control of their kingdom. By contrast, Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire conquered the Kara-Khitan in 1218. Because the Kara-Khitan had persecuted Islam, the Mongols were met as liberators in the Kashgar area. After the break-up of the Mongol Empire into smaller khanates, Xinjiang, though mostly ruled by the Chagatai Khanate, one of the successor states of the empire, in fact was fought over by Yuan Dynasty, the successor regime based in Mongolia and in China. In the 15th century the Chagatai Khanate disintegrated into separate states in Gulja, Yarkand, and Turpan. In the 17th century, the Dzungars Oirats, Kalmyks established an empire over much of the region. Kalmyks controlled a vast area known as the Kalmyk Empire to Westerners, which stretched from the Great Wall of China to the present day Eastern Kazakhstan, and from the Himalayas to Siberia. Qing Dynasty The Qing Empire, established by the Manchus in China, gained control over eastern Xinjiang as a result of a long struggle with the Zunghars Dzungars that began in the seventeenth century. In 1755, the Manchu Empire attacked Ghulja, and captured the Zunghar khan. Over the next two years, the Manchus and Mongol armies of the Qing destroyed the remnants of the Zunghar khanate, and attempted to divide the Xinjiang region into four sub-khanates under four chiefs. Similarly, the Qing made members of a clan of sufi shaykhs known as the Khojas, rulers in the western Tarim Basin, south of the Tianshan Mts. In 1758-59, however, rebellions against this arrangement broke out both north and south of the Tian Shan mountains. The Qing was thus forced, contrary to its initial intent, to establish a form of direct military rule over both Zungharia northern Xinjiang and the Tarim Basin southern Xinjiang. The Manchus put the whole region under the rule of a General of Ili Chinese: 伊çŠ?将军, Yili Jiangjün, headquartered at the fort of Huiyuan the so-called Manchu Kuldja, or Yili, 30 km west of Ghulja Yining. By the mid-19th century, the Russian Empire was encroaching upon Qing China along its entire northern frontier. The Opium Wars and Taiping and other rebellion's in China proper had severely restricted the dynasty's ability to maintain its garrisons in distant Xinjiang. In 1864 both Chinese Muslims Hui and Uyghurs rebelled in Xinjiang cities, following an on-going Chinese Muslim Rebellion in Gansu and Shaanxi provinces further east. Qing control of the region was swept away. In 1865, Yaqub Beg, a warlord from the neighbouring Khanate of Kokand, entered Xinjiang via Kashgar, and conquered nearly all of Xinjiang over the next six years. In 1871, Russia took advantage of the chaotic situation and seized the rich Ili River valley, including Gulja. By then, Qing China held onto only a few strongholds, including Tacheng. Yaqub Beg's rule lasted until General Zuo Zongtang also known as General Tso reconquered the region between 1875 and 1877 for Qing China. In 1881, Qing China recovered the Gulja region through diplomatic negotiations Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1881. In 1884, Qing China established Xinjiang new frontier as a province, formally applying onto it the political system of China proper. After the Qing Dynasty In 1912 the Qing Dynasty was replaced by the Republic of China. Yuan Dahua, the last Qing governor of Xinjiang, fled. One of his subordinates Yang Zengxin æ?¨å¢žæ–°, acceded to the Republic of China in March of the same year, and maintained control of Xinjiang until his assassination in 1928. Following insurgencies against Governor Jin Shuren é‡‘æ ‘ä»? in the early 1930s in Eastern Sinkiang, a rebellion in Kashgaria in February, 1933 led to declaring by Southern Sinkiang 94% population of which were at this time ethnic Uyghurs on November 12, 1933 its Independence and establishment at Kashgar of the short-lived self-proclaimed Turkish Islamic Republic of Eastern Turkestan or Republic of Uyghurstan , known also as First East Turkistan Republic 1st ETA. Xinjiang was eventually brought in 1934 under the control of Sheng Shicai 盛世æ‰?, who ruled Xinjiang for the next decade with close support from the Soviet Union, many of whose ethnic and security policies Sheng instituted in Xinjiang. Sheng invited a group of Chinese Communists to Xinjiang, including Mao Zedong's brother Mao Zemin, but in 1943, fearing a conspiracy, Sheng killed all communists, including Mao Zemin, in Xinjiang. A Second East Turkistan Republic 2nd ETA, also known as the Three Districts Revolution existed from 1944-1949 with Soviet support in what is now Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in northern Xinjiang. The Second East Turkistan Republic came to an end when the People's Liberation Army PLA entered Xinjiang in 1949. According to the PRC interpretation, the 2nd ETA was Xinjiang's revolution, a positive part of the communist revolution in China; the 2nd ETA acceded to and welcomed the PLA when they entered Xinjiang, a process known as the Peaceful Liberation of Xinjiang. However independence advocates view the ETA as an effort to establish an independent state, and the subsequent PLA entry as an invasion. The autonomous region of the PRC was established on October 1, 1955, replacing the province. The PRC's first nuclear test was carried out at Lop Nur, Xinjiang, on October 16, 1964. Continued tensions Main article: East Turkestan independence movement There continues to be concern over tensions in the region, centering upon Uyghur cultural aspirations to independence, and resentment towards what Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch describe as repression of non-Han Chinese culture.citation needed Conversely, many Han Chinese perceive PRC policies of ethnic autonomy as discriminatory against them see autonomous entities of China. Independence advocates view Chinese rule in Xinjiang, and policies like the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps as Chinese imperialism. The US and the UN have labelled the East Turkestan Islamic Movement a terrorist group. The tensions have occasionally resulted in major incidents and violent clashes during the PRC period. For example, in 1962, 60,000 Uyghur and Kazak refugees fled northern Xinjiang into the Soviet Union to escape the famine and political purges of the Great Leap Forward era; in the 1980s there was a smattering of student demonstrations and riots against police action that took on an ethnic aspect; and the Baren Township riot in April, 1990, an abortive uprising, resulted in more than 50 deaths. A police roundup of suspected separatists during Ramadan resulted in large demonstrations that turned violent in February 1997 in an episode known as the Ghulja / Yining Incident that led to at least 9 deaths 2. The Urumqi bus bombs of February 25, 1997, perhaps a response to the crackdown that followed the Ghulja Incident, killed 9 and injured 68. Despite much talk of separatism and terrorism in Xinjiang, especially after the 9-11 attacks in the United States and the US invasion of Afghanistan, the situation in Xinjiang was quiet from the late nineties through mid-2006. Then, on January 5, 2007 the Chinese Public Security Bureau raided a suspected terrorist training camp in the mountains near the Pamir Plateau in southern Xinjiang. According to the reports, 18 terrorists were killed and another 17 captured in a gun battle between the East Turkestan Independence Movement and PRC forces. One police officer was killed and over 1,500 hand grenades... were seized. 8 In the runup to the Summer Olympics in Beijing, during which world attention was drawn by pro-Tibet protests along the Olympic torch relay, Uyghur separatist groups staged protests in several countries9. According to the Chinese government, a suicide bombing attempt on a China Southern Airlines flight in Xinjiang was thwarted in March 2008.10 On August 4, 2008, 4 days before the Beijing Olympics, 16 Chinese police officers were killed and 16 were injured by suspected ETIM members.3 Chinese police injured and damaged the equipment of two Japanese journalists sent to cover the story.11 Subdivisions Main article: List of administrative divisions of Xinjiang Xinjiang is divided into two prefecture-level cities, seven prefectures, and five autonomous prefectures. Two of the seven prefectures are in turn part of Ili, an autonomous prefecture. These are then divided into eleven districts, twenty county-level cities, sixty-two counties, and six autonomous counties. Four of the county-level cities do not belong to any prefecture, and are de facto administered by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Conventional12 Uyghur kona yezikÌ¡ Uyghur Latin yengi yezikÌ¡ Simplified Chinese character Traditional Chinese character Hanyu pinyin Remarks Prefecture-level cities Ãœrümqi ئۈرۈمچى شەھرى Ãœrümqi XÉ™hÌ¡ri 乌é²?木é½?市 çƒ?é¯æœ¨é½Šå¸‚ WÅ«lÇ”mùqà Shì Karamay قاراماي شەھرى KÌ¡aramay XÉ™hÌ¡ri 克拉玛ä¾?市 克拉瑪ä¾?市 KèlÄ?mÇŽyÄ« Shì Directly administered county-level cities Shihezi شىخەنزە شەھرى XihÉ™nzÉ™ XÉ™hÌ¡ri 石河å?市 石河å?市 ShÃhézÇ? Shì Administered de facto by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Tumxuk تۇمشۇق شەھرى TumxukÌ¡ XÉ™hÌ¡ri 图木舒克市 圖木舒克市 TúmùshÅ«kè Shì Aral ئارال شەھرى Aral XÉ™hÌ¡ri 阿拉尔市 阿拉爾市 Ä€lÄ?'Ä›r Shì Wujiaqu ئۇجاچۇ شەھرى Wujiaqü XÉ™hÌ¡ri äº”å®¶æ¸ å¸‚ äº”å®¶æ¸ å¸‚ WÇ”jiÄ?qú Shì Prefectures Turpan Prefecture تۇرپان ۋىلايىتى Turpan Vilayiti å??é²?番地区 å??é¯ç•ªåœ°å?€ TÇ”lÇ”fÄ?n DìqÅ« Kumul Prefecture Ù‚Û‡Ù…Û‡Ù„ ۋىلايىتى KÌ¡umul Vilayiti 哈密地区 哈密地å?€ HÄ?mì DìqÅ« Hotan Prefecture خوتەن ۋىلايىتى HotÉ™n Vilayiti 和田地区 和田地å?€ Hétián DìqÅ« Aksu Prefecture ئاقسۇ ۋىلايىتى AkÌ¡su Vilayiti 阿克è‹?地区 阿克蘇地å?€ Ä€kèsÅ« DìqÅ« Kashgar Prefecture قەشقەر ۋىلايىتى KÌ¡É™xkÌ¡É™r Vilayiti 喀什地区 喀什地å?€ KÄ?shà DìqÅ« Tacheng Prefecture تارباغاتاي ۋىلايىتى TarbaÆ£atay Vilayiti 塔城地区 塔城地å?€ TÇŽchéng DìqÅ« subordinate to Ili Prefecture Altay Prefecture ئالتاي ۋىلايىتى Altay Vilayiti 阿勒泰地区 阿勒泰地å?€ Ä€lètà i DìqÅ« Autonomous prefectures Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture قىزىلسۇ قىرغىز ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى KÌ¡izilsu KÌ¡irÆ£iz Aptonom Oblasti å…‹åœå‹’è‹?柯尔克åœè‡ªæ²»å·ž å…‹åœå‹’蘇柯爾克åœè‡ªæ²»å·ž KèzÄ«lèsÅ« KÄ“'Ä›rkèzÄ« ZìzhìzhÅ?u Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture بايىنغولىن موÚغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى BayinÆ£olin MongÆ£ol Aptonom Oblasti 巴音éƒæ¥žè’™å?¤è‡ªæ²»å·ž 巴音éƒæ¥žè’™å?¤è‡ªæ²»å·ž BÄ?yÄ«nguÅ?lèng MÄ›nggÇ” ZìzhìzhÅ?u Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture سانجى خۇيزۇ ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى Sanji Huizu Aptonom Oblasti 昌å?‰å›žæ—?自治州 昌å?‰å›žæ—?自治州 ChÄ?ngjà HuÃzú ZìzhìzhÅ?u Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture بۆرتالا موÚغۇل ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى Bɵrtala MongÆ£ol Aptonom Oblasti å?šå°”塔拉蒙å?¤è‡ªæ²»å·ž å?šçˆ¾å¡”拉蒙å?¤è‡ªæ²»å·ž Bó'Ä›rtÇŽlÄ? MÄ›nggÇ” ZìzhìzhÅ?u Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture ئىلى قازاق ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى Ili KÌ¡azakÌ¡ Aptonom Oblasti 伊çŠ?哈è?¨å…‹è‡ªæ²»å·ž 伊çŠ?哈薩克自治州 YÄ«là HÄ?sà kè ZìzhìzhÅ?u Geography and geology Xinjiang is the largest political subdivision of China - it accounts for more than one sixth of China's total territory and a quarter of its boundary length. It 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 the Turfan Depression, 155 metres below sea level lowest point in the PRC as well. Its highest peak, K2, is 8611 metres above sea level, on the border with Kashmir. Close to Karakoram Highway in Xinjiang Close to Karakoram Highway in Xinjiang Most of Xinjiang is young geologically, having been formed from the collision of the Indian plate with the Eurasian plate, forming the Tian Shan, Kunlun Shan, and Pamir mountain ranges. Consequently, Xinjiang is a major earthquake zone. Older geological formations occur principally in the far north where the Junggar Block is geologically part of Kazakhstan, and in the east which is part of the North China Craton. Xinjiang has within its borders the point of land remotest from the sea, the so-called Eurasian pole of inaccessibility 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. The Tian Shan mountain range marks the Xinjiang-Kyrgyzstan border at the Torugart Pass 3752 m. The Karakorum highway KKH links Islamabad, Pakistan with Kashgar over the Khunjerab Pass. Rivers Rivers include: Tarim River Deserts Deserts include: Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert Kumtag Desert Taklamakan Desert Major cities Urumqi Turpan Kashgar Karamay Yining Shihezi Qinggir Saiga City Politics List of Secretaries of the CPC Xinjiang Committee Wang Zhen 王震: 1949-1952 Wang Enmao 王æ?©èŒ‚: 1952-1967 Long Shujin 龙书金: 1970-1972 Seypidin Azizi èµ›ç¦?鼎·艾则åœ: 1972-1978 Wang Feng 汪锋: 1978-1981 Wang Enmao 王æ?©èŒ‚: 1981-1985 Song Hanliang 宋汉良: 1985-1994 Wang Lequan 王ä¹?泉: 1994-incumbent List of Chairmen of Xinjiang Government Seypidin Azizi èµ›ç¦?鼎·艾则åœ: 1955-1967 Long Shujin 龙书金: 1968-1972 Seypidin Azizi: 1972-1978 Wang Feng 汪锋: 1978-1979 Ismail Amet å?¸é©¬ä¹‰Â·è‰¾ä¹°æ??: 1979-1985 Tomur Dawamat é“?木尔·达瓦买æ??: 1985-1993 Abdul'ahat Abdulrixit 阿ä¸?æ?¥æ??·阿ä¸?都çƒè¥¿æ??: 1993-2003 Ismail Tiliwaldi å?¸é©¬ä¹‰Â·é“?力瓦尔地: 2003-2007 Nur Bekri 努尔·白克力: 2007-incumbent Economy A panoramic view of Urumqi's city center taken from Red Mountain Hong Shan. A panoramic view of Urumqi's city center taken from Red Mountain Hong Shan. Xinjiang is known for its fruits and produce, including grapes, melons, pears, cotton, wheat, silk, walnuts and sheep. Xinjiang also has large deposits of minerals and oil. Xinjiang's nominal GDP was approximately 220 billion RMB about 28 billion USD in 2004, and increased to 349 billion RMB about 46 billion USD in 2007, due to the China Western Development policy introduced by the State Council to boost economic development in Western China. Its per capita GDP for 2007 was 16,860 RMB 2,217 USD. Oil and gas extraction industry in Aksu and Karamay is booming, with the West-East Gas Pipeline connecting to Shanghai. The oil and petrochemical sector account for 60% of Xinjiang's local economy.13 Xinjiang's exports amounted to 11.503 billion USD, while imports turned out to be 2.213 billion USD in 2007. Most of the overall import/export volume in Xinjiang was directed to and from Kazakhstan through Ala Pass 4. China's first border free trade zone Horgos Free Trade Zone was located at the Xinjiang-Kazakhstan border city of Horgos 5. Horgos is the largest land port in China's western region and it has easy access to the Central Asian market. Xinjiang will also open its second border trade market to Kazakhstan in March 2006, the Jeminay Border Trade Zone. 6 Demographics The languages of Xinjang. The languages of Xinjang. Xinjiang is home to several distinct ethnic groups of various religious traditions, however, the majority of the region's total population are adherents of Islam. Among ethnic groups who are of the Muslim faith, most notable are Muslim Turkic peoples including the Uyghurs, Uzbeks, Kyrgyz, Tatars and the Kazakhs; there are also Muslim Iranian peoples including Tajiks and the Sarikolis/Wakhis often conflated as Tajiks; and Muslim Sino-Tibetan peoples such as the Hui i.e. Muslim Han Chinese. Other PRC ethnic groups in the region include Han Chinese, Mongols, Russians, Xibes, and Manchus. The percentage of ethnic Han Chinese in Xinjiang has grown from 6 percent in 194914 to an official tally of over 40 percent at present. This figure does not include military personnel or their families, or the many unregistered migrant workers. Much of this transformation can be attributed to the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps XPCC, a semi-military organization of settlers that has built farms, towns, and cities over scattered parts of Xinjiang. The demographic transformation is held by Uyghur independence advocates as a threat to Uyghurs and other non-Han ethnicities in maintaining their culture, similar to the case of Tibet. At the same time, the minorities of Xinjiang have been exempted from the one-child policy and many Uyghur people emigrated out of Xinjiang to other parts of China, and consequently the percentage of Uyghur people in the total population of China has increased steadily. Ethnic groups in Xinjiang, 2000 census Nationality Population Percentage Uyghur 8,345,622 45.21 Han 7,489,919 40.58 Kazakh 1,245,023 6.74 Hui 839,837 4.55 Kirghiz 158,775 0.86 Mongol 149,857 0.81 Dongxiang 55,841 0.30 Tajik 39,493 0.21 Xibe 34,566 0.19 Manchu 19,493 0.11 Tujia 15,787 0.086 Uzbek 12,096 0.066 Russian 8935 0.048 Miao 7006 0.038 Tibetan 6153 0.033 Zhuang 5642 0.031 Daur 5541 0.030 Tatar 4501 0.024 Salar 3762 0.020 Excludes members of the People's Liberation Army in active service. Source: Department of Population, Social, Science and Technology Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics of China 国家统计局人å?£å’Œç¤¾ä¼šç§‘技统计å?¸ and Department of Economic Development of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of China 国家民æ—?事务委员会ç»?济å?‘展å?¸, eds. Tabulation on Nationalities of 2000 Population Census of China 《2000年人å?£æ™®æŸ¥ä¸å›½æ°‘æ—?人å?£èµ„料》. 2 vols. Beijing: Nationalities Publishing House æ°‘æ—?出版社, 2003. ISBN 7-105-05425-5 In general, Uyghurs are the majority in western Xinjiang, including the prefectures of Kashgar, Khotan, Kizilsu, and Aksu, as well as Turpan prefecture in eastern Xinjiang. Han Chinese are the majority in eastern and northern Xinjiang, including the cities of Urumqi, Karamay, Shihezi and the prefectures of Changji, Bortala, Bayin'gholin, Ili especially the city of Kuitun, and Kumul. Kazakhs are mostly concentrated in Ili prefecture in northern Xinjiang. Major ethnic groups in Xinjiang by region, 2000 census Uyghurs Han Chinese Kazakhs others Xinjiang 45.2% 40.6% 6.7% 7.5% Ãœrümqi PLC 12.8% 75.3% 2.3% 9.6% Karamay PLC 13.8% 78.1% 3.7% 4.5% Turpan Prefecture 70.0% 23.3% 0.1% 6.6% Kumul Prefecture 18.4% 68.9% 8.8% 3.9% Changji AP + Wujiaqu DACLC 3.9% 75.1% 8.0% 13.0% Bortala AP 12.5% 67.2% 9.1% 11.1% Bayin'gholin AP 32.7% 57.5% 0.1% 9.7% Aksu Prefecture + Alar DACLC 71.9% 26.6% 0.1% 1.4% Kizilsu AP 64.0% 6.4% 0.1% 29.6% Kashgar Prefecture + Tumushuke DACLC 89.3% 9.2% 0.1% 1.5% Khotan Prefecture 96.4% 3.3% 0.1% 0.2% Ili AP1 16.1% 44.4% 25.6% 13.9% - Kuitun DACLC 0.5% 94.6% 1.8% 3.1% - former Ili Prefecture 27.2% 32.4% 22.6% 17.8% - Tacheng Prefecture 4.1% 58.6% 24.2% 13.1% - Altay Prefecture 1.8% 40.9% 51.4% 5.9% Shihezi DACLC 1.2% 94.5% 0.6% 3.7% 1-Ili AP is composed of Kuitun DACLC, Tacheng Prefecture, Aletai Prefecture, as well as former Ili Prefecture. Ili Prefecture has been disbanded and its former area is now directly administered by Ili AP. Source: 2000年人å?£æ™®æŸ¥ä¸å›½æ°‘æ—?人å?£èµ„料，民æ—?出版社，2003/9 ISBN 7-105-05425-5 Does not include members of the People's Liberation Army in active service. P = Prefecture; AP = Autonomous prefecture; PLC = Prefecture-level city; DACLC = Directly-administered county-level city Some Uighur scholars claim descent from both the Turkic Uighurs and the pre-Turkic Tocharians or Tokharians, whose language was Indo-European, and relatively fair-skin, hair and eyes, as well as other so-called 'Caucasoid' physical traits, are not uncommon among them. In general Uyghurs resemble those peoples who live around them in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan. In 2002, there were 9,632,600 males growth rate of 1.0% and 9,419,300 females growth rate of 2.2%. The population overall growth rate was 10.9‰, with 16.3‰ of birth rate and 5.4‰ mortality rate. HIV/AIDS With a population of about 20 million and an officially estimated 60,000 infections, Xinjiang has one-tenth of China's AIDS cases and the highest HIV infection rate in the country. Chinese authorities estimate that Kashgar Prefecture, with a population of about three million, has 780 cases, but public health experts here say the real figure is probably four times that and rising fast.citation needed Until recently, addicts were largely left to the police, who regarded them as simple criminals whose drug use was to be combated mercilessly. Resistance to treating drug addiction as a public health concern has been high, mirroring what some international health experts say was, more generally, a slow response to HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China.15 Media The Xinjiang Networking Transmission Limited operates the Urumqi People Broadcasting Station and the Xinjiang People Broadcasting Station, broadcasting in Mandarin, Uyghur, Kazak and Mongolian. Sports Professional sports teams in Xinjiang include: Chinese Basketball Association Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers Transportation Roads In 2008, according to the Xinjiang Transportation Network Plan, the government has focused construction on State Road 314, Alar-Hotan Desert Highway, State Road 218, Qingshui River Line-Yining Highway, and State Road 217, as well as other roads. The construction of the first expressway in the mountainous area of Xinjiang began a new stage in its construction on July 24, 2007. The 56 km highway linking Sayram Lake and Guozi Valley in Northern Xinjiang area had cost 2.39 billion yuan. The expressway is designed to improve the speed of national highway 312 in northern Xinjiang. The project started in August 2006 and several stages have been fully operational since March 2007. Over 3,000 construction workers have been involved. The 700 m-long Guozi Valley Cable Bridge over the expressway is now currently being constructed, with the 24 main pile foundations already completed. Highway 312 national highway Xinjiang section, connects Xinjiang with China's east coast, central and western Asia, plus some parts of Europe. It is a key factor in Xinjiang's economic development. The population it covers is around 40 percent of the overall in Xinjiang, who contribute half of the GDP in the area. See also Battle of Jushi East Turkestan independence movement Gaochang Jiaohe Ruins List of laojiaos in Xinjiang Notes ^ Chinese Origin of the Names of China's Provinces, People's Daily Online. ^ Turkestan. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV. Published 1912. New York: Robert Appleton Company. ^ The strange creatures of the Shanhai jing: ... we find recorded north of the territory of the fish dragons the land of the Whites Bai, whose bodies are white and whose long hair falls on their shoulders. Such a description could accord well with a Caucasoid population beyond the frontiers of ancient China and some scholars have identified these Whites as Yuezhi. JP Mallory, The Tarim Mummies, p55 ISBN 0500051011 ^ Les Saces, Iaroslav Lebedynsky, ISBN 2877723372, p59 ^ China: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary, by Michael Dillon ^ Watson, Burton. Trans. 1993. Records of the Grand Historian of China: Han Dynasty II. Translated from the Shiji of Sima Qian. Chapter 123: The Account of Dayuan, Columbia University Press. Revised ion. ISBN 0-231-08166-9; ISBN 0-231-08167-7 pbk., p. 234. ^ C.Michael Hogan, Silk Road, North China, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham 2007 ^ 1 CCTV ^ Uyghurs protest Olympic Torch in Istanbul - NTDTV at YouTube ^ Elizabeth Van Wie Davis, China confronts its Uyghur threat, Asia Times Online, April 18, 2008. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/olympics.press.freedom.florcruz/?iref=mpstoryview ^ ZhÅ?ngguó dìmÃnglù ä¸å›½åœ°å??录 Beijing, ZhÅ?ngguó dìtú chÅ«bÇŽnshè ä¸å›½åœ°å›¾å‡ºç‰ˆç¤¾ 1997; ISBN 7-5031-1718-4. ^ 2005 The China Business Handbook 2005 8th ion. Alain Charles. ISBN 780951251287. ^ China: Human Rights Concerns in Xinjiang. Human Rights Watch Backgrounder. Human Rights Watch October 2001. Retrieved on 04, 2007. Retrieved on 11 2007. ^ AIDS China, Avert. References ^ Chinese Origin of the Names of China's Provinces, People's Daily Online. ^ Turkestan. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV. Published 1912. New York: Robert Appleton Company. ^ The strange creatures of the Shanhai jing: ... we find recorded north of the territory of the fish dragons the land of the Whites Bai, whose bodies are white and whose long hair falls on their shoulders. Such a description could accord well with a Caucasoid population beyond the frontiers of ancient China and some scholars have identified these Whites as Yuezhi. JP Mallory, The Tarim Mummies, p55 ISBN 0500051011 ^ Les Saces, Iaroslav Lebedynsky, ISBN 2877723372, p59 ^ China: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary, by Michael Dillon ^ Watson, Burton. Trans. 1993. Records of the Grand Historian of China: Han Dynasty II. Translated from the Shiji of Sima Qian. Chapter 123: The Account of Dayuan, Columbia University Press. Revised ion. ISBN 0-231-08166-9; ISBN 0-231-08167-7 pbk., p. 234. ^ C.Michael Hogan, Silk Road, North China, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham 2007 ^ 1 CCTV ^ Uyghurs protest Olympic Torch in Istanbul - NTDTV at YouTube ^ Elizabeth Van Wie Davis, China confronts its Uyghur threat, Asia Times Online, April 18, 2008. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/olympics.press.freedom.florcruz/?iref=mpstoryview ^ ZhÅ?ngguó dìmÃnglù ä¸å›½åœ°å??录 Beijing, ZhÅ?ngguó dìtú chÅ«bÇŽnshè ä¸å›½åœ°å›¾å‡ºç‰ˆç¤¾ 1997; ISBN 7-5031-1718-4. ^ 2005 The China Business Handbook 2005 8th ion. Alain Charles. ISBN 780951251287. ^ China: Human Rights Concerns in Xinjiang. Human Rights Watch Backgrounder. Human Rights Watch October 2001. Retrieved on 04, 2007. Retrieved on 11 2007. ^ AIDS China, Avert. The Tarim mummies, J.P. Mallory. ISBN 0500051011 Les Saces, Iaroslav Lebedynsky, ISBN 2877723372 Millward, James A. Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007; London: Hurst, Co., 2007. ISBN 0231139241 Watson, Burton. Trans. 1993. Records of the Grand Historian of China: Han Dynasty II. 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