Ürümqi is the capital city of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (East Turkestan) in northwest China. It is at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains.
Ürümqi
Population
According to the census (2000) Ürümqi had 2,081,834 inhabitants (population density: 174.53 inhabitants/km²).
The population in 2000 was composed of the following ethnic groups:
| Name of the people | Inhabitants | Share |
| 1.567.562 | 75,30 % | |
| 266.342 | 12,79 % | |
| 167.148 | 8,03 % | |
| Kazakhs | 48.772 | 2,34 % |
| 7.682 | 0,37 % | |
| 7.252 | 0,35 % | |
| Xibe | 3.674 | 0,18 % |
| Russian | 2.603 | 0,13 % |
| Tujia | 1.613 | 0,08 % |
| 1.436 | 0,07 % | |
| 1.406 | 0,07 % | |
| 878 | 0,04 % | |
| Tatars | 767 | 0,04 % |
| 665 | 0,03 % | |
| Dongxiang | 621 | 0,03 % |
| Miao | 620 | 0,03 % |
| Korean | 588 | 0,03 % |
| Other | 2.205 | 0,09 % |
Population development of the agglomeration according to UN
In 2017, just under 3.8 million inhabitants lived in the actual urban settlement area of the city. The remaining population lives in the rural hinterland. Due to advancing urbanisation, 5.8 million inhabitants are expected to live in the agglomeration by 2035.
| Year | Population |
| 1950 | 102.000 |
| 1960 | 296.000 |
| 1970 | 581.000 |
| 1980 | 881.000 |
| 1990 | 1.241.000 |
| 2000 | 1.807.000 |
| 2010 | 2.811.000 |
| 2017 | 3.837.000 |
Administrative division
At the county level, Ürümqi is composed of seven urban districts and one county. These are:
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| 1st Tianshan Second Xinshi 3. toutunhe 1 Saybag 2 Shuimogou 3 Dabancheng※ Midong ÜrümqiCircle ※ | ||||||
| Uighur | Chinese | Area (km²) | Inhabitants | |||
| Kona Yeziⱪ | Yengi Yeziⱪ | Characters | Pīnyīn | |||
| Tianshan Municipality | تەڭرىتاغ | Təngritaƣ | Tiānshān Qū | 171 | 490.000 | |
| Municipality of Saybag | سايباغ | Saybaƣ | Shāyībākè Qū | 422,47 | 445.000 | |
| Xinshi Municipality ("New Town") | يېڭىشەھەر | Yengixəⱨər | Xīnshì Qū | 142,52 | 377.000 | |
| Shuimogou Municipality | شۇيموگۇ | Shuimogu | Shuǐmògōu Qū | 91,56 | 165.000 | |
| Municipality of Toutunhe | تۇدۇڭخابا | Tutunghaba | Tóutúnhé Qū | 275,59 | 125.000 | |
| Dabancheng Municipality | داۋانچىڭ | Dawanqing | Dábǎnchéng Qū | 5.187,58 | 42.000 | |
| Midong Municipality | میدونگ | Midong | Mǐdōng Qū | 3.407,42 | 296.000 | |
| Ürümqi County | ئۈرۈمچى | Ürümqi | Wūlǔmùqí Xiàn | 4.332,16 | 83.000 | |
