Administrative divisions of Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of China, which has an area of 635,900 sq mi (1,646,900 sq km) .The capital is Urumqi.
Administrative divisions
Xinjiang is divided into two prefecture-level cities, seven prefectures, and five autonomous prefectures. (Two of the seven prefectures are in turn part of Ili, an autonomous prefecture.)
The prefecture-level cities are:
•Urumqi
•Karamay
The prefectures are:
•Turpan Prefecture
•Kumul Prefecture
•Hotan Prefecture
•Aksu Prefecture
•Kashgar Prefecture
•Tacheng Prefecture
•Altay Prefecture
The autonomous prefectures are:
•Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture
•Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
•Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
•Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
•Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
These are then divided into eleven districts, twenty county-level cities, sixty-two counties, and six autonomous counties. Four of the county-level cities(Shihezi, Tumxuk, Aral, Wujiaqu)do not belong to any prefecture, and are de facto administered by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
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