Ürümqi

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Ürümqi

Total population

4,054,369

Air quality index

455Hazardous

Elevation836 m

Coordinates43.82°, 87.61°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Ürümqi is the capital and largest city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China. With a census population of 4,054,000 in 2020, Ürümqi is the second-largest city in China's northwestern interior after Xi'an. Ürümqi has seen significant economic development since the 1990s and currently serves as a regional transport hub and a cultural, political, and commercial center.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Mao Yuanxin

Chinese politician and nephew of Mao Zedong

Wang Shu

Chinese architect (b.1963)

Ji Jianhua

Chinese racing cyclist

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Adiljan Suleyman

Chinese basketball player and coach (1967-)

Du Feng

Chinese basketball player

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Li Yapeng

Chinese actor

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Yanhong Wang

Chinese archer

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Abdul Haq

Uyghur activist

Q

Qabdesh Zhumadilov

Kazakh writer (1936–2021)

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Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun

Chinese Guantanamo bay detainee

A

Adel Noori

Chinese Guantanamo detainee

A

Ahmad Tourson

Chinese Guantanamo detainee

C

Chris Liu

British fashion designer

Dolkun Isa

Uyghur activist

Gao Xing

Chinese astronomer

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Hassan Anvar

Uyghur refugee:wrongly imprisoned in US

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Xinjiang

• Tianshan
  2.4 mi away · pop. 652,792
• Toutunhe
  5.4 mi away · pop. 419,022
• Lucaogou
  9.6 mi away
• Midong
  10.4 mi away
• Anningqu
  12.1 mi away
• Qinghu
  16.4 mi away · pop. 44,193
• Changshanzi
  16.6 mi away
• Liugong
  20.3 mi away
• Liuhuanggou
  20.5 mi away
• Changji/Sanji
  21.7 mi away · pop. 375,000
• Sangong
  21.7 mi away
• Bingchao
  22.9 mi away

Browse all places in Xinjiang →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ürümqi

Die ökologischen Risiken der Stadtentwicklung und Landnutzung in Ürümqi, Xinjiang/China

Bruce Roberts · 1987

Third International Symposium on Precision Mechanical Measurements

International Symposium on Precision Mechanical Measurements (3rd 2006 Ürümqi, China) · 2006

Wulumuqi

Tao Wang · 2011

China's forgotten people

Nick Holdstock · 2015

Xinjiang Weiwu'er Zizhiqu di san ci quan guo wen wu pu cha cheng guo ji cheng

Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China). Wen wu ju · 2011

Report Of The Scoping Workshop On Regional Cooperation Programme For Responsible Aquaculture And Fisheries Development In The Central Asian And Caucasian Countries Urumqui Xinjiang Urumqi Autonomous Region China 48 June 2012

Food and Agriculture Organization · 2013

Xinjiang da xue yu yan wen hua guo ji xue shu yan tao hui lun wen ji

China) Xinjiang da xue yu yan wen hua guo ji xue shu yan tao hui (2001 Ürümqi · 2002

Xinjiang Saensayi mu di

Xinjiang wen wu kao gu yan jiu suo · 2013

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Ürümqi, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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