Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture ) is an autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang

Xinjiang

Xinjiang 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 China

People's Republic of China

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. It is located in the northeastern part of Xinjiang

Xinjiang

Xinjiang 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 area

Area

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 of 77,129 km² and has its capital at Changji city.

Subdivisions

Changji directly controls 2 county-level cities

County-level city

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, 4 counties and 1 autonomous county.

#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Uyghur Uyghur language Uyghur , 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...		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 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....	呼图壁县	Hūtúbì Xiàn	قۇتۇبى ناھىيىسى	Qutubi Nahiyisi	210,000	9,518	22
4	Manas County 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...	玛纳斯县	Mǎnàsī Xiàn	ماناس ناھىيىسى	Manas Nahiyisi	170,000	9,154	19
5	Qitai County 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...	奇台县	Qítái Xiàn	گۇچۇڭ ناھىيىسى	Guchung Nahiyisi	230,000	16,709	14
6	Jimsar County 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...	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
Han Han Chinese Han 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...	1,129,384	75,14%
Hui Hui people The 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...	173,563	11.55%
Kazakh Kazakhs The Kazakhs are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia ....	119,942	7.98%
Uyghur Uyghur people 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...	58,984	3.92%
Mongols Mongols Mongols ) 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...	6,062	0.4%
Dongxiang Dongxiang people The Dongxiang people are one of 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China...	2,908	0.19%
Manchu Manchu The 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...	2,828	0.19%
Uzbek Uzbeks The 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...	2,189	0.15%
Others	7,237	0.48%