Ürümqi

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Ürümqi (Uyghur: ئۈرۈمچى; 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

Categories: Prefecture-level divisions of Xinjiang | Cities in Xinjiang