Ürümqi

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Follow me to my journey to Ürümqi. Xinjiang, China's largest province is predominantly Islamic. Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region is a big city. Situated 186km west of Turpan, 900 meters above sea level; being the furthest away from the ocean. Mostly Han chinese but also consists of other minority groups like Uyghur, Hui muslims, Kazakhs, Mongols.

The Uyghur people speak Turkish, Uighur & are muslims. The famous landmark in Ürümqi is The Bazaar, Hong Shan (Red Mountain).

Get more info :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urumqi

http://wikitravel.org/en/Urumqi

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Photos

Ürümqi
Taken from Hong Shan (Red Mountain)

11150024
With God-mom