Ürümqi

Autonomous Region (China)

Urumqi (Chinese乌鲁木齐, Pinyin Wūlǔmùqí, also: Urumchi or Urumchi, until 1954, Dihua ) is the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. The city is also the principal city of the landscape Dzungaria. As a prefecture-level city of Urumqi has an administrative area of 14216.3 km ² and approximately 2.02 million inhabitants ( 2007).

Urumqi is 2000 km the most distant from the sea city in the world and is only 300 km away from the Eurasian Unzugänglichkeitspol. It lies at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. Major industries are petrochemicals, textiles and iron and steel industries. Also has established itself with the largest wind farm in China's wind energy in the region Urumqi. The railway line Beijing - Almaty ( Kazakhstan) performs Urumqi.

As in all of China, the Chinese standard time applies in Urumqi ( also referred to as " Beijing time " UTC 8 hours; see Time zones of China ). With respect to the sun is to Beijing, a difference of two hours.

Administrative Divisions

At county level, Urumqi is made up of seven districts and one county. These are:

• City District Tianshan (天 山区Tianshan Qū ), 171 km ², approximately 490,000 inhabitants, center, seat of the city government;
• Municipality Saybag (沙 依 巴克 区Shayibake Qū ), 422.47 km ², approximately 445,000 inhabitants;
• City Xinshi District (新 市区Xinshi Qū = "New Town" ), 142.52 km ², approximately 377,000 inhabitants;
• Municipality Shuimogou (水磨沟 区Shuǐmògōu Qū ), 91.56 km ², 165,000 inhabitants;
• Municipality Toutunhe (头屯河区Toutunhe Qū ), 275.59 km ², 125,000 inhabitants;
• Municipality Dabancheng (达坂城 区Dábǎnchéng Qū ), 5187.58 km ², 42,000 inhabitants;
• Municipality Midong (米 东区), 3407.42 km ², approximately 296,000 inhabitants;
• District Urumqi (乌鲁木齐 县Wūlǔmùqí Xiàn ), 4332.16 km ², approximately 83,000 inhabitants.

Ethnic Breakdown of total population Ürümqis (2000)

According to census (2000) Urumqi had 2,081,834 inhabitants ( population density: 174,53 inhabitants / km ²).

Climate

In Urumqi has a continental steppe climate with hot and dry summers (average temperature in July 24 ° C) and wet - cold winters (average temperature in January -16 ° C). The average annual temperature is 5.4 ° C, the annual precipitation sum 273 mm. Spring and autumn are very short in this region. May be valid until October as the best time to travel to Urumqi.

Traffic

The airport Urumqi Diwopu is located about 17 km from the city center in the Northwest. It connects Urumqi by 700 flights per week with 53 destinations within China as well as 14 international destinations, including Tashkent, Novosibirsk, Moscow, Islamabad, Almaty and Bishkek.

Urumqi is connected by the Beijiang Railroad, the northern branch of Lanxin Railway ( Northern Xinjiang Railway), as a single rail-bound path with China's major cities and the province. To the west, the route leads through the station Alashankou ( kilometer point 2358,376, 477 kilometers from Urumqi ) through the gate after Dzungarian Dostyk in Kazakhstan. In the direction of China's heartland is at node Turfan the possibility of connecting the southern part of the web (Southern Xinjiang Railway) and Korla, Aksu, Kashgar after Kuytun and Liuyuannach (city) in the Tarim Basin, currently the westernmost station of the People's Republic. At the starting point of the route in Lanzhou to 1903.3 kilometers, and recently in Wuwei ( in Inner Mongolia on towards Ulan Bator in Mongolia ) there is a further connection to the Chinese railway network. The construction of the Lanxin Range (Lanzhou - Xinjiang railway) core piece was commissioned in 1952 in attack and completed after ten years. Closing the gap with the Kazakhstan railway Kazakhstan Temir Scholy was completed on 12 September 1990, the southern part along the Taklimakan Desert was completed in the late 1990s. After the construction of the tunnel Wushaoling 2006, with 21.5 kilometers of the longest railway tunnel in China, the main line is double track throughout passable.

In addition, there are three major bus terminals in Urumqi: Northern Suburb Passenger Transport Station, Southern Suburb Passenger Transport Station, Nianzigou Passenger Transport Station.

Twin Cities

• Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan
• Pakistan Peshawar, Pakistan
• Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
• Russia Chelyabinsk, Russia

Attractions

Tourist attractions in or near Urumqi are, inter alia, the Heavenly Lake (110 km east located ), the " Hong Shan " ( Red Mountain ), the. Südmoschee, the Xinjiang Regional Museum and the " International Bazaar ", which is located in the city center

In the museum of the province there are several mummies of the people of the light-skinned, Indo-European Tocharians, which were found in the Tarim Basin.

The city museum of Urumqi (乌鲁木齐 博物馆) is located in the South Nanhu Road 123 (南湖 南路123).

History

5 July 2009 Uighur protesters attacked after an initially peaceful demonstration reportedly Han Chinese in Urumqi on, cars were set on fire, some shops raided and blocked traffic at several intersections. According to eyewitness reports, the 3,000 demonstrators were armed with wooden clubs and knives. The police were ordered to restore peace and order. It is supposed to be, according to official figures come to bloody confrontations with 184 dead, including 137 Han Chinese, 46 Uyghur, and a member of the Hui minority, who were killed by the angry crowd. Background are the years continuing tensions between the Chinese central government, dependent on their provincial government and the autonomy aspirations of the Uyghur and other ethnic minorities.