Ürümqi County
Ürümqi County
乌鲁木齐县 • ئۈرۈمچى ناھىيىسى | |
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Ürümqi County in Ürümqi City | |
Ürümqi City in Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates: 43°28′19″N 87°24′36″E / 43.4719°N 87.4101°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Ürümqi |
| County seat | Banfanggou |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,242 km2 (1,638 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 73,590 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 乌鲁木齐县 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 烏魯木齊縣 | ||||||||
| Postal | Urumtsi | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 迪化县 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 迪化縣 | ||||||||
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| Uyghur | ئۈرۈمچى ناھىيىسى | ||||||||
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Ürümqi County(Uyghur: ئۈرۈمچى ناھىيىسى) is a county of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Northwest China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang. It contains an area of 4,601 km² and according to the 2002 census has a population of 80,000.
According to Xingjiang geographic graduate school of Chinese Section College, the geographical midpoint of Asia is located within the county. Urumqi Glacier No.1, the glacier closest to an urban area in the world is also in the county.