Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region covers an area of 1,660,000 square kilometers with the population of 24.86 million.

Urumqi, the capital, political, economic and cultural center of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, covers an area of 14,216 square kilometers with the population of 3.5 million.

Kashgar is a city in China’s extreme west, very close to the Tajikistan border, covers an area of 162,000 square kilometers.

Turpan City is located in the central part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It covers an area of 69,713 square kilometers with the total population of 637 thousand.