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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.
The 1931 China floods are considered to be the worst Chinese natural disaster of all time, with estimates of fatalities ranging widely but going up to as high as four million people. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] 15% of wheat and rice crops were destroyed in the Yangtze Valley, leading to famines. [ 41 ]
The annual mass balance of Urumqi Glacier No. 1, according to WGMS. Glacier No.1 has longer observation history and fuller records than any other glacier in China. [3] In June 1958, Daxigou Weather Station was established right below Glacier No.1 at the mountainside of Tiangeer Peak, to measure and analyse the weather conditions in the area. [8]
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.
On the Chinese side, the pass is the southwest terminus of China National Highway 314 (G314) and is 130 km (81 mi) from Tashkurgan, 420 km (260 mi) from Kashgar and 1,890 km (1,170 mi) from Urumqi. The Chinese port of entry is located 3.5 km (2.2 mi) along the road from the pass in Tashkurgan County.
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.