Ürümqi County() is a

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, under the administration of the

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Ürümqi Ürümqi, , is the capital of the Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China. With a census population of 4 million in 2020, Ürümqi is the second-largest city in China's northwestern interior after Xi'an, also the ...

, the capital of Xinjiang. It contains an area of 4,601 km² and according to the 2002 census has a population of 80,000. According to Xingjiang geographic graduate school of Chinese Section College, the geographical midpoint of Asia is located within the county. Urumqi Glacier No.1, the glacier closest to an urban area in the world is also in the county.

Administrative divisions

Ürümqi County contains 3

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and 3 townships:

Climate

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External links

* http://www.wlmqx.gov.cn/ - Ürümqi County official website County-level divisions of Xinjiang Ürümqi Long stubs with short prose {{Xinjiang-geo-stub