About Urumqi in China

Urumqi is the capital of Xinjiang autonomous region and the center of politics , economy and culture of Xinjiang. It also is the communications pivot of connecting with Xinjiang and inland provinces , and now it has become the window of exchange for economy culture and the important door of expend- ing the opening to western of China.

The city of Urumqi has jurisdiction over seven zones and one county, the total area is 12000 square kilometers, among which the city program area is 1600 square kilo- meters and the established area is 82 square kilometers. Urumqi is a multi-national city, where there are 43 ethnic groups headed by the Han, the Uygur, the Kazak, the Hui, the Mongolian and etc, with a total population is 1548 thousands up to the end of 1998 year, of which minority nationality makes up 27.3 percent.