From the largest region in china

1. Xinjiang
Prepared by:
Jenny Ann G. Gregana
Sinkiang

2.  is an autonomous region of China in
the northwest of the country. It is the largest
Chinese administrative division, the 8th largest
country subdivision in the world, spanning over
1.6 million km2 and the most populous amongst
the ten largest national subdivisions.
 It is also bordered, to the south, by Tibet, easily
its longest border, when including the Eastern
Tibetan disputed territories. It has abundant oil
reserves and is China's largest natural gas-
producing region.

4.  Xinjiang is the largest political subdivision of China—it
accounts for more than one sixth of China's total
territory and a quarter of its boundary length.
 Geology
 Largest cities and towns of Xinjiang
 Most of Xinjiang is young geologically, having been
formed from the collision of the Indian plate with the
Eurasian plate, forming the Tian Shan, Kunlun Shan,
and Pamir mountain ranges. Consequently, Xinjiang is
a major earthquake zone. Older geological formations
occur principally in the far north, where the Junggar
Block is geologically part of Kazakhstan, and in the
east, which is part of the North China Craton.

5. Rivers and lakes
 Due to the hot summer and low precipitation,
most of Xinjiang is endorheic, i.e. its rivers either
disappear in the desert, or terminate in salt lakes
(within Xinjiang itself, or in the neighboring
Kazakhstan), instead of flowing toward an ocean.
The only exception is the northernmost part of the
region, where the Irtysh River, originating in the
Altai Mountains, flows (via Kazakhstan and
Russia) toward the Arctic Ocean. Even then, a
significant part of this river's waters is now
artificially diverted, via the Irtysh–Karamay–
Ürümqi Canal, to the drier areas of southern
Dzungarian Basin.

6. Time
Officially, Xinjiang is on the same time zone as the rest of
China, Beijing Time (UTC+8). However, being roughly two
time zones west of the capital, some residents, local
organization and local government follow their own
unofficial Xinjiang Time (UTC+6).[298] The division follows
ethnic lines, with Han tending to use Beijing Time and
Uighurs tending to use Xinjiang Time; this is seen as a
form of resistance to the central
government.[299] Regardless of the ethnicity of their
proprietors, most businesses and schools open and close
according to Xinjiang time, i.e. two hours later than their
equivalents in other regions of China.[300]

7. Climate
 Generally, a semi-arid or desert
climate (Köppen BSk or BWk, respectively) prevails in
Xinjiang. The entire region is marked by great
seasonal differences in temperature and cold winters.
During the summer, the Turpan Depression usually
records the hottest temperatures nationwide,[301] with
air temperatures easily exceeding 40 °C (104 °F). In
the far north, and at the highest mountain elevations,
however, winter temperatures regularly drop below
−20 °C (−4 °F).

8. Economy
 Traditionally an agricultural region, Xinjiang also
has large deposits of minerals and oil.
 The distribution map of Xinjiang's GDP per
person (2011)
 Xinjiang's nominal GDP was approximately 220
billion RMB (US$28 billion) in 2004 and increased
to 657.4 billion RMB (US$104.3 billion) in 2011,
due to exploration of the regions abundant
reserves of coal, crude oil, and natural gas and
the China Western Developmentpolicy introduced
by the State Council to boost economic
development in Western China.

9. Agriculture and fishing
• Xinjiang has long been a major area of irrigated
agriculture. Traditionally, wheat was the main
staple crop of the region; maize was grown as
well; millet was found in the south, while only a
few area (in particular, Aksu) grew rice.[308]
 By the late 19th century, cotton became an
important crop in several oases,
notably Khotan, Yarkand,
and Turpan.[308] Sericulture, too, is practiced.[309]
 Xinjiang is nationally known for its fruits and
produce, including grapes, melons,
pears, walnuts. Particularly famous are Hami
melons andTurpan raisins.

10. Mining
 In the late 19th century the region was noted for
producing salt, soda, borax, gold, jade and
coal.[312]
 The oil and gas extraction industry
in Aksu and Karamay is booming, with the West–
East Gas Pipeline connecting to Shanghai. The
oil and petrochemical sector account for 60% of
Xinjiang's local economy

11. Language and demographics
 The earliest Tarim mummies, dated to 1800 BC, are
of a Caucasoid physical type.[323] East Asian migrants
arrived in the eastern portions of the Tarim
Basin about 3,000 years ago, while the Uighur
peoples arrived after the collapse of the Orkon Uighur
Kingdom, based in modern-day Mongolia, around the
year 842
 Muslim Turkic peoples in Xinjiang
include Uyghurs, Uzbeks, Kyrgyz, Tatars and
the Kazakhs; Muslim Iranian
peoples include Pamiris and
the Sarikolis/Wakhis (often conflated as Pamiris); and
Muslim Sino-Tibetan peoples such as the Hui. Other
PRC ethnic groups in the region
include Han,Mongols (Oirats,
Dagur, Dongxiang), Russians, Xibes, and Manchus.

12. Religion
 Xinjiang is home to several distinct ethnic groups of
various religious traditions. A majority of the region's
native population adhere to SunniIslam of
the Hanafi school of jurisprudence or madhab. A large
minority of Shias, almost exclusively of
the Ismaili (Seveners) rites are found in the higher
mountains of Pamir and Tian Shan. In the western
mountains (the Pamirs), almost the entire population
of Pamirs, Sarikulis andWakhis are Ismaili Shia. In the
north, in the Tian Shan, it is
the Kyrgyz and Kazakhs who practice Ismaili Shiism[5]
 Afaq Khoja Mausoleum and Id Kah
Mosque in Kashgar are among the most important
Islamic sites in Xinjiang. Emin Minaret is a key Islamic
site, in Turfan. Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves is a
major Buddhist site.