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or Sin·kiang Ui·ghur ˈshin-ˈjyäŋ-ˈwē-gər ; often shortened to Xinjiang or Sinkiang
region W China between the Kunlun & Altai mountains; formerly a province capital Ürümqi area 635,829 square miles (1,653,154 square kilometers ), population 15,155,778