Which region does Shihezi City in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region belong to?

Shihezi City in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is a municipality (county-level city) directly under the Central Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

The full name of Shihezi City is: Shihezi City of the Eighth Agricultural Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps is also a provincial-level unit that is geographically compatible with the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Although only the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is marked on the national map, very few people know about the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, but it is the same as the autonomous region. exist separately.

Extended information:

Shihezi Reclamation Area (Eighth Division of the Corps, Shihezi City) is located in the middle of the Tianshan Mountains, on the edge of the Gute Desert in the south of Gurbantong. What is its area? It has an area of ??7,529 square kilometers, a population of 720,000, and a permanent population of 600,000, of which 3.2 million are ethnic minorities, accounting for 5.4%. The municipality directly under the autonomous county - Shihezi Reclamation Area is located in the central administrative area of ??460 square kilometers, with a planned area of ??150 square kilometers, a built-up area of ??30 square kilometers and a population of 290,000. ?

The Eighth Division and Shihezi City implement a party committee leadership, leadership division, one department and two brand institutions. The Eighth Division has jurisdiction over 18 farms, 2 river management offices and commercial enterprises to establish more than 160 industries and communications, including 35 operating budgets. There are 5 sub-district offices, towns and villages in Shihezi City. The average altitude is 450.8 meters. ?

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Here and there, the "Pearl of the Gobi". The Shihezi Reclamation Area is located at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and the southern edge of the desert in the Gurbantunggut Desert. The east diameter is 84'58"-86'24" and the north latitude is between 43'26"-45'20." Full reclamation area? 7529 square kilometers, autonomous region and municipality - reclaimed Shihezi City is located in the middle, bounded by Tiantian Mountain in the south and Manas River in the east, adjacent to the south, west, north and Shawan loop, with an administrative area of ??460 square kilometers. It is 150 kilometers east of the regional capital Urumqi and 500 kilometers west of Horgos. ?

The terrain of the reclamation area is the Tianshan Mountains from south to north, piedmont hills, piedmont sloping plains, alluvial plains, and wind-sand desert areas. The soil is mostly gray desert soil, soil, meadow soil, and the soil quality is mostly gravel soil, sandy soil, clay, etc. With the efforts of several generations after Merino, mountainous and hilly areas have become lush, rich "Merino-type" beautiful Merino sheep pastures, and other areas have also been reclaimed from old wastelands, reed lakes, and alkali shoals into fertile of farmland. ?

The reclamation is lush and green, with dense forests, the natural environment has not been seriously damaged, and there are many kinds of wild animals. There are 20 species of birds including eagles, geese, ducks, swans, magpies, etc. There are swans, cranes, egrets and other birds that inhabit the Mushroom Lake Reservoir. There are more than 20 kinds of animals including deer, gazelle, fox, wolf, etc. The 62nd 314th wild grass is 567 species, including those who may have medicinal uses such as ephedra, huang, astragalus, motherwort, agrimony, mint, nepeta, sapsip, licorice, wolfberry, bupleurum and other 140 species. Common trees include poplar, willow, elm, ash, shrubs Haloxylon ammodendron, tamarisk, and Elaeagnus angustifolia. There are oil reserves in the northern desert areas, and the Nanshan coal mines can be mined.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia—Shihezi