How are northern and southern Xinjiang divided? What are the cities in southern and northern Xinjiang?

Tianshan Mountains divide Xinjiang into north and south, with northern Xinjiang in the north and southern Xinjiang in the south.

Northern Xinjiang includes Urumqi, Karamay, Altay, Tacheng, Changji, Shihezi, Beitun, Kokdala, Yili and Bortala.

Southern Xinjiang includes Kashgar, Aksu, Hotan, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, Bayinguoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Aral, tiemenguan, Tumushuke and Kunyu.

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Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, located in the northwest border of China, is one of the five minority autonomous regions in China, with Urumqi as its capital. With an area of 6.5438+0.66 million square kilometers, it is the largest provincial administrative region in China, accounting for one sixth of the total land area of China.

Xinjiang is located in the hinterland of Eurasia, bordering Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, India and Afghanistan. Historically, it was an important passage of the ancient Silk Road, and now it is the only place where the second "Eurasian Continental Bridge" passes, and its strategic position is very important.

Xinjiang was called the Western Region in ancient times, and the word "Western Region" specifically refers to the geographical scope of Xinjiang, which lasted from ancient times to the reign of the Middle Leaf Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty.

Before the Qing army entered the customs, its territory was limited to the northeast of China. After entering the customs, most of China was quickly unified. During the reign of Qianlong (A.D. 1736 ~ 1796), Qianlong named the area finally ruled by the Qing government he established as Xinjiang. After the Qing government put down the Junggar rebellion, it called the northern and southern Tianshan Mountains the Western Regions in ancient times and Xinjiang.

After recovering Xinjiang from Agubai in A.D. 1878, Zuo advocated building a province in the north and south of Tianshan Mountain, so taking Xinjiang as the name of the province has a new meaning. Xinjiang was founded in 1884 and officially named as Xinjiang Province.

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