Midong District ( zh, s=米东区, p=Mǐdōng Qū; , ) is one of 7 urban districts 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 Uygur Autonomous Region Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC: previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest of the country at the crossroads ...

Northwest China Northwestern China () is a region in the People's Republic of China. It consists of five provincial administrative regions, namely Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang. The region is characterized by a (semi-)arid continental climate. ...

. Its land area is ; it has a population of 296,000.

History

Midong District was formed in 2007 by merging the former "Dongshan District" ( zh, s=东山区, p=Dōngshān Qū; , ) of Ürümqi (, population of 100,000, as per the 2002 Census) with the "Miquan City" ( zh, s=米泉市, p=Mǐquán Shì; ; formerly part of

Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture ( zh, s=昌吉回族自治州; ) is an autonomous prefecture for Hui people in the middle north of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Western China. The prefecture has an area of and its seat is Changji City. ...

Geography

Midong District includes northern and eastern suburbs of Ürümqi, as well as a large slice of the

Gurbantünggüt Desert The Gurbantünggüt Desert ( قۇربانتۇڭعىت ءشولى; ; zh, s=古尔班通古特沙漠 , t=古爾班通古特沙漠, p=Gǔ'ěrbāntōnggǔtè Shāmò) occupies a large part of the Dzungarian Basin in Northern Xinjiang, in the northwes ...

north of the city which is administratively included into Ürümqi. The natural water sources in the Ürümqi area mostly consist of streams that flow from the snow-capped

Tian Shan The Tian Shan, also known as the Tengri Tagh or Tengir-Too, meaning the "Mountains of God/Heaven", is a large system of mountain ranges in Central Asia. The highest peak is Jengish Chokusu at high and located in Kyrgyzstan. Its lowest point is ...

mountains south of the city. Since Midong District is located north and therefore downstream, of the main urban area, the water supply problems there are particularly acute. To enable the area's economic development, the Irtysh–Ürümqi Canal was brought to Midong during the first decade of the 20th century. Its main terminal is the so-called "Reservoir 500", constructed at the border of Midong District and

Fukang Fukang is a county-level city in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Its area is and its population in 2007 was reported as approximately 1.5 million. Fukang is located in Northern Xinjiang in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, north of � ...

County-level City ().

Administrative divisions

Midong District contains 7

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, 5

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, 1

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History

Geography

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Climate

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