Urumqi

Urumqi is the capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, administered by the People's Republic of China. The city has a population of around 2.5 million and is in the Tian Shan mountains. Urumqi is quite famous for its claim that it is the most inland major city in the world, that being the furthest from any ocean.

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  • Cool city, with a nice blend of Chinese and Central Asian culture. If you are eating a meal with local Uyghurs, don't order pork, they don't eat it due to their religious traditions (Chinese, on the other hand, love pork).  Percy W.
  • the capital city of Xinjiang Province, habitant for Wei Minority, people best at singing and dancing; Many natural attractions and cultural sites worth to explore.  Yongmei W.
  • Be sure to visit the Int'l Bazaar in downtown Urumqi, nice uyghur style food, living goods such as silk and carpet.  Yao L.
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Urumqi Travel Guide is based on Urumqi by Ikan Kekek, Ester Rebecca del Fierro, doveld, Elyasaf Freiman, Inas, Liorv, iGuide and others. Urumqi Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.