Area 73,660 km² | Time zone China Standard (UTC+8) Local time Friday 5:05 AM | |
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Country People's Republic of China Weather -9°C, Wind W at 3 km/h, 99% Humidity Points of interest Heavenly Lake of Tianshan, Bogda Peak, Tianshan Mountain Heaven, Bogda Shan, Changji Dinosaur Museum | ||
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 昌吉回族自治州; Chinese: 昌吉回族自治州; pinyin: Chāngjí Huízú Zìzhìzhōu), Uyghur: سانجى خۇيزۇ ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى, Санҗи Хуизу Аптоном Области, ULY: Sanji Huyzu Aptonom Oblasti, UYY: Sanji Xuizu Aptonom Oblasti, Xiao'erjing: ﭼْﺎ جِ ﺧُﻮِ ذُﻮْ ذِ جِ ﺟِﻮْ) is an autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang in the China. It is located in the northeastern part of Xinjiang. The prefecture has an area of 77,129 km2 (29,780 sq mi) and its seat is Changji City.
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Map of Changji, Xinjiang, China
Subdivisions
Changji directly controls 2 county-level cities, 4 counties and 1 autonomous county.
Demographics
According to the 2010 census, Changji had a population of 1,428,587 inhabitants, with a population density of 19.4 inhabitants per km². Its population in the 2000 census was 1,503,097. Part of the change in population is due to boundary changes, for example, the formerly county-level city Miquan was merged into Midong District and became part of Ürümqi in 2007. The population in 2000 minus Miquan was 1,322,145.