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Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture

 
Wikipedia: Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
Changji
昌吉回族自治州
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
—  Autonomous prefectures  —
Chinese transcription(s)
 - Simplified 昌吉回族自治州
 - Traditional
 - Pinyin Chāngjí
The territory of Changji Prefecture (yellow) within Xinjiang
Country China
Province Xinjiang
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Changji Hui prefecture (simplified Chinese: 昌吉回族自治州pinyin: Chāngjí Huízú Zìzhìzhōu, Uyghur: سانجى خۇيزۇ ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى‎, Sanji Xuizu Aptonom Oblasti, Sanji Huyzu Aptonom Oblasti) is an autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China. It is located in the northeastern part of Xinjiang. The prefecture has an area of 77,129 km² and has its capital at Changji city.

Subdivisions

Changji directly controls 3 county-level cities, 4 counties and 1 autonomous county.

Although the city of Shihezi (just east of the town of Manas) is almost surrounded by Changji Hui Prefecture from both east and west, it is not a part of the prefecture. Rather, Shihezi is a prefecture-level city in its own right.

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 1,129,384 75,14%
Hui 173,563 11.55%
Kazakh 119,942 7.98%
Uyghur 58,984 3.92%
Mongols 6,062 0.4%
Dongxiang 2,908 0.19%
Manchu 2,828 0.19%
Uzbek 2,189 0.15%
Others 7,237 0.48%

Coordinates: 44°01′00″N 87°19′00″E / 44.0166667°N 87.3166667°E / 44.0166667; 87.3166667


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