List of cities in Xinjiang

This is a list of cities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the Peoples Republic of China. A settlement with a population over 100,000 is usually counted as a city in China. The capital and largest city is Ürümqi. The list is in alphabetical order.

Ürümqi.

Korla, old and new.

Town square of Yining.

Prefectural-level

Karamay [Kelamayi] (克拉玛依; قاراماي)
Ürümqi [Wulumuqi] (乌鲁木齐; ئۈرۈمچی) - Provincial capital

County-level

Aksu [Akesu] (阿克苏; ئاقسۇ)
Altay [Aletai] (阿勒泰; التاي ;ئالتاي)
Aral [Alar] (阿拉尔; ئارال) (Sub-prefecture-level city)
Artux [Atushi] (阿图什; ارتىش ;ئاتۇش)
Beitun (北屯) (Sub-prefecture-level city)
Bole (博乐; بۆرتالا; Bortala)
Changji (昌吉; سانجى ;ﭼْﺎ جِ)
Fukang (阜康; فۇكاڭ ; ﻓُﻮْ ﻛْﺎ)
Ghulja [Yining] (伊宁; غۇلجا ;قۇلجا)
Hotan [Hetian] (和田; خوتەن)
Kashgar [Kashi] (喀什; قەشقەر)
Korla [Kuerle] (库尔勒; كورلا; Kurla)
Kumul [Hami] (哈密; قۇمۇل)
Kuytun [Kuitun] (奎屯; كۈيتۇن)
Shihezi (石河子; شىخەنزە) (Sub-prefecture-level city)
Tumxuk [Tumushuke] (图木舒克; تۇمشۇق) (Sub-prefecture-level city)
Tacheng (塔城; چۆچەك ; شاۋەشەك)
Turpan [Tulufan] (吐鲁番; تۇرپان)
Wusu (乌苏; ۋۇسۇ ; وسۋ)
Wujiaqu (五家渠; ۋۇجياچۈ) (Sub-prefecture-level city

Xinjiang topics

Ürümqi (capital)

History	Yuezhi Xiongnu Han dynasty Protectorate of the Western Regions Kingdom of Khotan Sixteen Kingdoms Gaochang Turkic Khaganate (Western) Tang dynasty Protectorate General to Pacify the West Four Garrisons of Anxi Tibetan Empire Uyghur Khaganate Kingdom of Qocho Kara-Khanid Khanate Islamicisation and Turkicisation of Xinjiang Qara Khitai Mongol Empire Yuan dynasty Chagatai Khanate Moghulistan Kara Del Yarkent Khanate Dzungar Khanate Dzungar conquest of Altishahr Dzungar–Qing War Dzungar genocide Kumul Khanate Qing dynasty Qing rule General of Ili Reconquest of Xinjiang Republic of China Xinjiang Wars Ili Rebellion People's Republic of China PRC incorporation

Geography	Cities Tian Shan Dzungarian Basin Tarim Basin Gurbantünggüt Desert Kumtag Desert Taklimakan Desert Turpan Depression Karakoram Mountains Altai Mountains Kunlun Shan Pamir Mountains Torugart Pass Irkeshtam Pass Karakoram Pass Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway

Education	Xinjiang University Xinjiang Agricultural University Xinjiang Medical University

Culture	Doppa Festival Music Meshrep gathering Muqam

Cuisine	Dapanji Sangza Samsa Youtazi Pamirdin Xurpa Tohax Tunurkawab Chinese Islamic cuisine

Visitor attractions	Apak Khoja and Xiang Fei Tomb Flaming Mountains Jiaohe Ruins Gaochang Grand Bazaar, Ürümqi Id Kah Mosque Karakul Lake Kizil Caves Ruins of Niya

Xinjiang conflict	1989 Ürümqi unrest Baren Township riot 1992 Ürümqi bombings Ghulja incident 1992 Ürümqi bombings 1997 Ürümqi bus bombings Xinjiang raid 2008 Uyghur unrest 2008 Kashgar attack Shaoguan incident July 2009 Ürümqi riots September 2009 Xinjiang unrest 2010 Aksu bombing 2011 Hotan attack 2011 Kashgar attacks Pishan hostage crisis 2012 Yecheng attack Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554 April 2013 Bachu unrest June 2013 Shanshan riots 2013 Tiananmen Square attack 2014 Kunming attack 2014 China–Vietnam border shootout April 2014 Ürümqi attack May 2014 Ürümqi attack Assassination of Juma Tayir

People	Amursana Mingrui Jahangir Khoja Yaqub Beg Zuo Zongtang Yang Zengxin Jin Shuren Sheng Shicai Ehmetjan Qasim Wang Zhen Saifuddin Azizi Rebiya Kadeer Nur Bekri Li Zhi Wang Lequan Zhang Chunxian Ilham Tohti

Related	Uyghur people Migration to Xinjiang East Turkestan Independence movement World Uyghur Congress China–Kazakhstan relations China–Kyrgyzstan relations China–Pakistan relations China–Turkey relations

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List of cities in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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List of cities in Xinjiang

See also