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Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture ) is an autonomous prefecture of
XinjiangXinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
in the
People's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. It is located in the northeastern part of
XinjiangXinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
. The prefecture has an
areaArea is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat...
of 77,129 km² and has its capital at
Changji city.
Subdivisions
Changji directly controls 2
county-level citiesA county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....
, 4 counties and 1 autonomous county.
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| # |
Name |
Hanzi |
Hanyu Pinyin |
UyghurUyghur , formerly known as Eastern Turk, is a Turkic language with 8 to 11 million speakers, spoken primarily by the Uyghur people in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of Western China. Significant communities of Uyghur-speakers are located in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and various other...
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Population (2003 est.) |
Area (km²) |
Density (/km²) |
| 1 |
Changji City |
昌吉市 |
Chāngjí Shì |
سانجى شەھىرى |
Sanji Shehiri |
390,000 |
7,981 |
49 |
| 2 |
Fukang City |
阜康市 |
Fùkāng Shì |
فۇكاڭ شەھىرى |
Fukang Shehiri |
160,000 |
8,545 |
19 |
| 3 |
Hutubi County The Hutubi County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 9,476 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 210,000....
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呼图壁县 |
Hūtúbì Xiàn |
قۇتۇبى ناھىيىسى |
Qutubi Nahiyisi |
210,000 |
9,518 |
22 |
| 4 |
Manas County Manas County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 9,174 km2...
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玛纳斯县 |
Mǎnàsī Xiàn |
ماناس ناھىيىسى |
Manas Nahiyisi |
170,000 |
9,154 |
19 |
| 5 |
Qitai County The Qitai County , also known as Gucheng , is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China and is under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 16,641 km2...
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奇台县 |
Qítái Xiàn |
گۇچۇڭ ناھىيىسى |
Guchung Nahiyisi |
230,000 |
16,709 |
14 |
| 6 |
Jimsar County Jimsar County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture in the People's Republic of China. It contains an area of 8,149 km2...
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吉木萨尔县 |
Jímùsà'ěr Xiàn |
جىمىسار ناھىيىسى |
Jimisar Nahiyisi |
130,000 |
8,170 |
16 |
| 7 |
Mori Kazakh Autonomous County |
木垒哈萨克自治县 |
Mùlěi Hāsàkè Zìzhìxiàn |
ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى مورى قازاق |
Mori Qazaq Aptonom Nahiyisi |
90,000 |
13,582 |
7 |
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, Changji had a population of 1,503,097 inhabitants (population density: 19.49 inhabitants per km²).
Ethnic groups in Changji, 2000 census
| Nationality |
Population |
Percentage |
HanHan Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the...
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1,129,384 |
75,14% |
HuiThe Hui people are an ethnic group in China, defined as Chinese speaking people descended from foreign Muslims. They are typically distinguished by their practice of Islam, however some also practice other religions, and many are direct descendants of Silk Road travelers.In modern People's...
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173,563 |
11.55% |
KazakhThe Kazakhs are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia ....
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119,942 |
7.98% |
| Uyghur The Uyghur are a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia. Today, Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China...
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58,984 |
3.92% |
MongolsMongols ) are a Central-East Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in the countries of Mongolia, China, and Russia. In China, ethnic Mongols can be found mainly in the central north region of China such as Inner Mongolia...
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6,062 |
0.4% |
DongxiangThe Dongxiang people are one of 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China...
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2,908 |
0.19% |
ManchuThe Manchu people or Man are an ethnic minority of China who originated in Manchuria . During their rise in the 17th century, with the help of the Ming dynasty rebels , they came to power in China and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, which...
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2,828 |
0.19% |
UzbekThe Uzbeks are a Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, and large populations can also be found in Afghanistan, Tajikstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Pakistan, Mongolia and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China...
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2,189 |
0.15% |
| Others |
7,237 |
0.48% |