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ئۈرۈمچی‎ 乌鲁木齐 Olympic Torch in Urumqi


Today the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay is passing through Urumqi, the capital of landlocked Xinjiang Province and 1,400 miles from the nearest sea.

Urumqi

Muslim Uighurs


Around 8 million of Xinjiang Province's inhabitants are Muslim Uighurs, with a distinctive dress, lifestyle and cuisine.

Urumqi, a city of over 2 million inhabitants, sits on the ancient Silk Road and the area of Xinjiang Province borders Mongolia to the north and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the west.

Urumqi
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Access - Getting There


Urumqi is connected by rail to both Kashgar and Beijing.

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