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The oldest remains found in this area date back to the Neolithic Age, but the history of Urumqi City really begins in the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-9 AD), when troops were stationed here to safeguard the flourishing Silk Road and corn was grown to feed them. Read More>>
Urumqi is a dry city with long winters and summers barely separated by short springs & autumns. In summer, the thermometer regularly hits 26C (79F), but in the winter this plunges to a freezing average minimum of -19C (-2.2F) in January. The... Read More>>
Urumqi covers an area of 12000 square kilometers (4,633 square miles) with total population of 2 million (2006). The urban area of Urumqi is 167 square kilometers (64 square miles) and the population of this area is close to 1.6 million. Read More>>
? GDP: RMB 65.4 billion (2006) ? Per Capita Disposable Income of Urban Residents: RMB 10,432 (2006) Read More>>
