Xinjiang is the autonomous region with the largest minority population in China.

It is wrong to say that Xinjiang is the autonomous region with the largest minority population in China. The autonomous region with the largest minority population in China is Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Xinjiang has been a multi-ethnic community since ancient times. At present, 56 ethnic groups live in * * *, which is one of the most complete provincial administrative regions in China, mainly inhabited by Uygur, Han, Kazak, Mongolian, Hui, Kirgiz, Manchu, Xibe, Tajik, Daur, Uzbek, Tatar, Russian and other ethnic groups. The resident population of the region is 25,852,300, and the minority population accounts for 57.76% of the total population.

Xinjiang belongs to a typical temperate continental arid climate, with scarce precipitation and large evaporation. The average annual precipitation is 170.6 mm, and there are 3,355 rivers in the region, of which 18 has annual runoff exceeding one billion cubic meters, and 3 have annual runoff exceeding ten billion cubic meters (Tarim River, Yili River and Irtysh River).