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Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Uyghur : شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونى / Shinjang Uyghur Aptonom Rayoni, Chinese : 新疆维吾尔自治区) (Shortform: XUAR), is a provincial-level autonomous region of China in the northwest of the country. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and the eighth largest country subdivision in the world, spanning over 1.6 million km2 (640,000 square miles). XUAR contains the disputed territory of Aksai Chin, which is administered by China. XUAR borders the countries of Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. The rugged Karakoram, Kunlun, and Tian Shan mountain ranges occupy much of XUAR 's borders, as well as its western and southern regions. XUAR also borders Tibet Autonomous Region and the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai. The most well-known route of the historical Silk Road ran through the territory from the east to its northwestern border. In recent decades, abundant oil and mineral reserves have been found in XUAR , and it is currently China's largest natural gas-producing region.
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It is home to a number of the indigenous peoples of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Uzbeks, Tatars, Tajiks, Mongols. There are also living Han, Hui, and Russian Immigrations since "Xinjiang under Qing rule".[1] More than a dozen autonomous prefectures and counties of non-Han people are in XUAR. Older English-language reference works often refer to the area as "Chinese Turkestan" or "East Turkestan".[2] XUAR is divided into the Dzungarian Basin in the north, the Turfan Basin in east and the Tarim Basin in the south by a mountain range. Only about 9.7% of XUAR's land area is fit for human habitation.[3]
With a documented history of at least 2,500 years, a succession of peoples and empires have vied for control over all or parts of this territory. The territory came under the rule of the Manchu Qing dynasty since 1759, and had been reconquested by Qing dynasty in 1884; which was later replaced by the Republic of China in 1912. Since 1949, after the two short periods of Republic of East Turkestan, it has been part of the People's Republic of China in 1949, then turned into Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. By the same time, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps was set up inside Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region as a province-level unique economic and paramilitary organization which is not is affiliated to it but operates in parallel.
Since Xinjiang under Qing rule, in centuries, the indigenous peoples there seeked independence from China. It called East Turkestan independence movement in nowadays. It is one of the basic reasons of the Xinjiang conflict, and also caused occasional terrorist attacks and clashes between separatist and government forces.[4][5]