Xinjiang

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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.

Aliases (12)

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ×11
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ×8
Asia/Urumqi ×1
China (Xinjiang and adjacent border areas) ×1
China (Xinjiang) ×1
China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ×1
Chinese Turkestan ×1
People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ×1
Xinjiang Province of the Republic of China ×1
Xinjiang, Republic of China ×1
southern Xinjiang ×1
新疆维吾尔自治区 ×1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division of China → autonomous region → geographic region →
autonomousFor	Uyghurs →
borderedBy	Afghanistan → 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 → Tian Shan →
country	China →
economicActivity	agriculture → cotton production → mining → natural gas production → oil production →
ethnicGroup	Han Chinese → Hui → Kazakhs → Kyrgyz → Manchu → Mongols → Tajiks → Tatars → Uyghurs → Xibe →
governingBody	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 →
historicalPolity	East Turkestan Republic → Qing dynasty frontier region → Xinjiang Province of the Republic of China →
includedIn	Belt and Road Initiative →
ISOCode	CN-XJ →
largestCity	Ürümqi →
locatedIn	Asia → northwestern China →
majorReligion	Buddhism → Chinese folk religion → Islam →
nativeName	新疆维吾尔自治区 →
officialLanguage	Standard Chinese →
officialName	Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region →
partOf	People's Republic of China →
regionalLanguage	Kazakh → Uyghur →
shortName	Xinjiang →
timeZone	China Standard Time →
traversedBy	Silk Road →

Referenced by (72)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Broad Peak → Dzungarian Basin → Gasherbrum I → Gasherbrum II → Gobi Desert ("Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region") → Jengish Chokusu → Karakoram Pass → Kashgar ("Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region") → Tarim Basin → Tien Shan ("Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region") → Yengisogat Range →	locatedIn
China–Pakistan border → K2 → Khunjerab Pass → Muztagh Tower → Pik Pobedy ("Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region") →	locatedInRegion
Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region ("Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region") → Dzungarian Basin ("Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region") → Inylchek Glacier ("Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region") → Tarim Basin ("Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region") →	partOf
Jengish Chokusu ("Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region") → Kashgar ("southern Xinjiang") → Uyghur language (historically) → Yengisogat Range ("Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region") →	region
Issyk-Kul Region → Ladakh ("Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region") → Qinghai →	borders
Kazakh language → Uyghurs → Uyghurs ("Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region") →	nativeTo
Khowar → Mongolic languages → Wakhi →	spokenIn
Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region → Jammu and Kashmir →	borderedBy
Aurel Stein ("Chinese Turkestan") → Aurel Stein →	conductedExpeditionIn
Karakoram Highway → Karakoram Pass →	connects
Wakhan Corridor → Wakhan Corridor ("China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region") →	connectsTo
China Standard Time →	appliesToTerritory
Turkic languages →	areSpokenIn
Old Turkic (runiform and Uyghur-script traditions) →	attestedIn
Uyghurs ("Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region") →	autonomousRegion
Tibet Autonomous Region ("Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region") →	borderingRegion
Gilgit-Baltistan →	borderWith
Western China ("Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region") →	contains
Chagatai Khanate →	country
China–Pakistan border ("Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region") →	crossesAdministrativeUnit
Celestial Mountains →	extendsInto
Karakoram →	extendsIntoRegion
Eastern Iranian languages →	geographicDistribution
Xinjiang ("People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region") →	governingBody
Indo-Iranian peoples →	hasHistoricalRegion
Xinjiang ("Xinjiang Province of the Republic of China") →	historicalPolity
Tocharian languages →	historicalRegion
China Standard Time ("Asia/Urumqi") →	IANATimeZoneIdentifier
South-Central Asia ("China (Xinjiang and adjacent border areas)") →	includesCountry
Turkic world →	includesRegion
Great Wall of China ("Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region") →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Sino–Soviet border conflict →	location
Xinjiang ("新疆维吾尔自治区") →	nativeName
Xinjiang ("Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region") →	officialName
Central Asia →	oftenIncludesTerritory
Karakoram Highway ("Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region") →	passesThrough
Mao Zemin ("Xinjiang, Republic of China") →	placeOfDeath
Xinjiang →	shortName
Uzbeks ("China (Xinjiang)") →	significantPopulationIn
China–Pakistan Economic Corridor →	startRegion
Qing dynasty →	territoryIncludes
Albert von Le Coq →	workLocation