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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, as well as the largest in Central Asia in terms of population.
A series of violent riots over several days broke out on 5 July 2009 in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China.The first day's rioting, which involved at least 1,000 Uyghurs, [12] began as a protest, but escalated into violent attacks that mainly targeted Han people.
Ürümqi County(Uyghur: ئۈرۈمچى ناھىيىسى) is a county of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Northwest China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang. It contains an area of 4,601 km² and according to the 2002 census has a population of 80,000.
Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (IATA: URC, ICAO: ZWWW) is an international airport serving Ürümqi, the capital of Northwest China‘s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is located in the Diwopu township of Xinshi district , 16 km (9.9 mi) northwest of downtown Ürümqi.
The Ürümqi Metro or Ürümqi Subway is a rapid transit system in operation in Ürümqi, capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China.It is the 35th rapid transit system to be put into operation on the Chinese mainland and the second in northwest China.
On 24 November 2022, a fire broke out in a residential high-rise apartment building in a Uyghur-majority neighborhood in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. Local authorities reported ten people, all Uyghurs, were dead and an additional nine were injured, [ 4 ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] though some raised concerns of underreporting.
It is headquartered in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. [1] Xinjiang Chalkis is an export-oriented state-owned enterprise that is supported and developed by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, affliated to the 6th division. [3] It was established in May 2000 with a registered capital of 371.7 million yuan.
China Railway Ürümqi Group, officially abbreviated as CR Ürümqi or CR-Ürümqi, also known as CR Xinjiang, formerly, Ürümqi Railway Administration is a subsidiaries company under the jurisdiction of the China Railway (formerly the Ministry of Railway). The railway administration was reorganized as a company in November 2017.