What area does Xiaoxigou in Urumqi belong to?

Xiaoxigou in Urumqi belongs to the new urban area. The new urban area and the national Urumqi high-tech industrial development zone implement the system of "integration of district and government", which belongs to Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and is located in the northwest of Urumqi. East-west length 14 km, north-south width 9 km. Total area 143 km2. Total population is 390,000 (2004). There are 38 ethnic groups including Han, Uygur, Hui and Kazak.

Urumqi, referred to as "Urumqi" for short, is the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the political, economic, cultural, scientific and technological, educational, financial and transportation center of the whole region, and the transportation and communication hub connecting the north and south of Xinjiang, the mainland of China, Central and Western Asia and Europe.

natural resource

Urumqi is rich in natural resources. There are Tianshan glaciers and permanent snow cover 164 square kilometers, 980,000 mu of cultivated land, 9.63 million mu of grassland, 0.35 million mu of natural forest/kloc-0, and 80,000 mu of water area. There are steep and majestic Bogda snow peaks and glaciers stand on the walls; Glacier No.1 has the reputation of "living fossil of glacier"; There are several square kilometers of virgin forests, wild chrysanthemums, natural grasslands, alpine canyon waterfalls and natural hydrogen sulfide hot springs. Underground coal reserves 100 billion tons, known as "the city on the coalfield". Salt, mirabilite, gypsum, oil shale, copper and other mineral reserves and light, heat and wind energy resources to be developed are also very rich.

Climatic characteristics

Urumqi belongs to temperate continental arid climate. The temperature difference between day and night is large, the cold and summer changes sharply, and the frost-free period is short. The annual average temperature is 6.9℃, and the annual average precipitation is 286 mm. The annual precipitation increases from the plain to the mountainous area (about 200 mm in the northern suburb plain, 300-400 mm in the hilly area of Nanshan, and 500-800 mm in the windward slope), and the precipitation in mountainous areas above 3 km above sea level decreases with height.

History and culture

Urumqi is located in the west of China, an important city in the middle of Eurasia, an important town on the New North Road of the Silk Road in ancient history, and a gathering place of eastern and western cultures. Regional culture is multicultural. Multi-ethnic culture is the main feature of Urumqi culture. As the gathering place of China culture system, Indian culture system, Islamic culture system and European and American culture system, it is the main reason for Urumqi's multi-ethnic culture and has created a splendid culture in the world.