Ürümqi
Ürümqi
Urumqi, Urumchi, Dihua, Tihwa | |
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Ürümqi skyline Ürümqi Night Market in the Grand Bazaar Red Mountain (Hong Shan) People's Park People's Square | |
Ürümqi City jurisdiction (red) in Xinjiang (orange) | |
Ürümqi Location of the city center in Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates (Ürümqi municipal government): 43°49′21″N 87°36′45″E / 43.82250°N 87.61250°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| County-level divisions | 8 |
| Municipal seat | Shuimogou District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • Body | Ürümqi Municipal People's Congress |
| • CCP Secretary | Zhang Zhu |
| • Congress Chairman | Ahmetjan Ahniyaz |
| • Mayor | Yahefu Paidula |
| • CPPCC Chairman | Yun Shuxia |
| Area | |
| 14,577 km2 (5,628 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 583 km2 (225 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 860 m (2,820 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 4,054,000 | |
• Estimate (2020)[1] | 4,054,000 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
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| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 389.3 billion US$ 57.9 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 95,511 US$ 14,200 |
| Time zone | De jure: China Standard (UTC+08:00) De facto: Both China Standard (UTC+08:00) and Ürümqi Time (UTC+06:00) |
| Postal code | 830000 |
| Area code | 991 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XJ-01 |
| License plate prefixes | 新A |
| Website | www.urumqi.gov.cn (in Chinese) |
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"Ürümqi" in Simplified Chinese (top), Traditional Chinese (middle) and Uyghur Arabic (bottom) scripts | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乌鲁木齐 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 烏魯木齊 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wūlǔmùqí | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Urumtsi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | (from Oirat) "beautiful pasture" | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 乌市 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 烏市 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wūshì | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 迪化 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Díhuà | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Tihwa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | to enlighten and civilize | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Өрөмч | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠥᠷᠥᠮᠴᠢ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Uyghur | ئۈرۈمچى | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ürümqi[a] is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China.[5] With a census population of 4 million in 2020, Ürümqi is the second-largest city in China's northwestern interior after Xi'an, and the second-largest in Central Asia in terms of population, after Kabul, Afghanistan. Ürümqi has seen significant economic development since the 1990s and currently serves as a regional transport node and a cultural, political and commercial center.
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