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Urumqi (Wu Lu Mu Chi) is the Provincial capital of Xinjiang Province in China's Far West. A city of some 1.5 million, it is predominantly Han Chinese but with a strong Muslim population, ethnic Uygers, Kazaks, Uzbeks, Tadjiks all living and working in the city as they have done for centuries. This is the heart of the Silk Road.

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Kanas Lake, Another Side of Xinjiang
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