Ürümqi

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Ürümqi (Uyghur: ئۈرۈمچی; Uyghur Latin script: Ürümqi; Simplified Chinese: 乌鲁木齐; Traditional Chinese: 烏魯木齊; pinyin: Wūlǔmùqí), with a population about 1.6 million, is the capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country.

It is the largest city in the western half of China, and is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the remotest city from any sea at a distance of about 1,400 miles (2500 km) from the nearest coastline.

The GDP per capita was ¥17655 (ca. US$2130) in 2003, ranked no. 94 among 659 Chinese cities.

Prefecture-level divisions of Xinjiang Prefecture-level cities: Karamay | Ürümqi Prefectures: Aksu | Hami | Hotan | Kashgar | Turpan | Altay1 | Qoqek1 Autonomous prefectures: Bayin'gholin | Börtala | Changji | Ili | Kizilsu Sub-prefecture-level cities: Alar | Shihezi | Tumushuke | Wujiaqu   1 Part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

List of Xinjiang County-level divisions

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