Xinjiang

E22779
administrative division of China autonomous region geographic region

Xinjiang is a vast, historically Silk Road–linked region in northwestern China known for its diverse ethnic groups, strategic location, and complex cultural and political history.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Xinjiang canonical 136
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 45
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 38

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of China ⓘ
autonomous region ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ
autonomousFor Uyghurs ⓘ
borderedBy Afghanistan ⓘ
Gansu Province ⓘ
surface form: Gansu

India ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Mongolia ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Qinghai ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
capital Ürümqi ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
continental ⓘ
containsBasin Tarim Basin ⓘ
containsCity Aksu ⓘ
Hotan ⓘ
Karamay ⓘ
Kashgar ⓘ
Yining ⓘ
containsDesert Gobi Desert ⓘ
Taklamakan Desert ⓘ
containsLake Bosten Lake ⓘ
Ebinur Lake ⓘ
Kanas Lake ⓘ
containsMountainRange Kunlun Mountains ⓘ
Tien Shan ⓘ
surface form: Tian Shan
country China ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
cotton production ⓘ
mining ⓘ
natural gas production ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
ethnicGroup Han Chinese ⓘ
Hui ⓘ
Kazakhs ⓘ
Kyrgyz ⓘ
Manchu ⓘ
Mongol ⓘ
surface form: Mongols

Tajiks ⓘ
Tatars ⓘ
Uyghurs ⓘ
Xibe ⓘ
governingBody Xinjiang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
hasHumanRightsConcerns allegations of cultural and religious repression ⓘ
allegations of mass detention of Uyghurs ⓘ
hasSecurityPresence People's Armed Police ⓘ
People's Liberation Army ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance border security ⓘ
energy resources ⓘ
trade routes ⓘ
historicallyPartOf Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road
historicalPolity East Turkestan Republic ⓘ
Qing dynasty frontier region ⓘ
Xinjiang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Xinjiang Province of the Republic of China
includedIn China Belt and Road Initiative ⓘ
surface form: Belt and Road Initiative
ISOCode CN-XJ ⓘ
largestCity Ürümqi ⓘ
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
Western China ⓘ
surface form: northwestern China
majorReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
nativeName Xinjiang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 新疆维吾尔自治区
officialLanguage Standard Chinese ⓘ
officialName Xinjiang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
partOf China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
regionalLanguage Kazakh language ⓘ
surface form: Kazakh

Uyghurs ⓘ
surface form: Uyghur
shortName Xinjiang self-link ⓘ
timeZone China Standard Time ⓘ
traversedBy Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road

Referenced by (244)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tocharian languages → historicalRegion → Xinjiang ⓘ
China Standard Time → appliesToTerritory → Xinjiang ⓘ
China Standard Time → IANATimeZoneIdentifier → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asia/Urumqi
Central Asia → oftenIncludesTerritory → Xinjiang ⓘ
Karakoram → extendsIntoRegion → Xinjiang ⓘ
K2 → locatedInRegion → Xinjiang ⓘ
Tien Shan → locatedIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Gilgit-Baltistan → borderWith → Xinjiang ⓘ
Great Wall of China → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Gobi Desert → locatedIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Tarim Basin → locatedIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
Tarim Basin → partOf → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Aurel Stein → conductedExpeditionIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Turkestan
Aurel Stein → conductedExpeditionIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
Kazakh language → nativeTo → Xinjiang ⓘ
Xinjiang → officialName → Xinjiang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Xinjiang → nativeName → Xinjiang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 新疆维吾尔自治区
Xinjiang → shortName → Xinjiang self-link ⓘ
Xinjiang → governingBody → Xinjiang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Xinjiang → historicalPolity → Xinjiang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Province of the Republic of China
Jammu and Kashmir → borderedBy → Xinjiang ⓘ
Uyghur language (historically) → region → Xinjiang ⓘ
Albert von Le Coq → workLocation → Xinjiang ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region → borderingRegion → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Qing dynasty → territoryIncludes → Xinjiang ⓘ
Turkic world → includesRegion → Xinjiang ⓘ
Sino–Soviet border conflict → location → Xinjiang ⓘ
Eastern Iranian languages → geographicDistribution → Xinjiang ⓘ
Turkic languages → areSpokenIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
Western China → contains → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Gasherbrum I → locatedIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
Gasherbrum II → locatedIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
South-Central Asia → includesCountry → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: China (Xinjiang and adjacent border areas)
Uzbeks → significantPopulationIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: China (Xinjiang)
Broad Peak → locatedIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
Muztagh Tower → locatedInRegion → Xinjiang ⓘ
Mao Zemin → placeOfDeath → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang, Republic of China
Karakoram Pass → locatedIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
Karakoram Pass → connects → Xinjiang ⓘ
Mongolic languages → spokenIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
China–Pakistan border → locatedInRegion → Xinjiang ⓘ
China–Pakistan border → crossesAdministrativeUnit → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Yengisogat Range → locatedIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
Yengisogat Range → region → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Uyghurs → nativeTo → Xinjiang ⓘ
Uyghurs → nativeTo → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Uyghurs → autonomousRegion → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Jengish Chokusu → locatedIn → Xinjiang ⓘ
Jengish Chokusu → region → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Pik Pobedy → locatedInRegion → Xinjiang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region