Xinjiang

Xinjiang (pronounced [ɕíntɕjáŋ]; Uyghur: شىنجاڭ, Shinjang; Chinese: 新疆; pinyin: Xīnjiāng; Wade-Giles: Hsin-chiang; 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 km (larger than the combined area of all the European states from...

Country:

Also known as:

  • Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,
  • Hsin-Chiang-Wei-Wu-Erh Tzu-Chih-Ch'U,
  • Xinjiang,
  • Hsinchiangweiwuerhtzuchihchu,
  • Sinkiang,
  • Sinkiang Uigur Autonomous Ch'U,
  • Sinkianguigurautonomouschu,
  • Hsinchiang,
  • Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu,
  • Hsin-Chiang,
  • Sinkiang Uigur Autonomous Ch’Ü,
  • Hsin-Chiang-Wei-Wu-Erh Tzu-Chih-Ch’Ü,
  • Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region,
  • Uygur Autonomous Region Of Xinjiang,
  • Xinjiang Uygur

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Latitude Longitude
  • 42.56917
  • 85.45611

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