Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture

Changji Prefecture 昌吉州 • ﭼْﺎکِ جِوْ • سانجى ئوبلاستى (Chinese) • (Uyghur) • (Xiao'erjing)
Autonomous prefectures
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 سانجى خۇيزۇ ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى ﭼْﺎکِ خُوِذُو ذِجِجِوْ
Fukang, Changji
Changji prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Xinjiang
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 昌吉回族自治州; Chinese: 昌吉回族自治州; pinyin: Chāngjí Huízú Zìzhìzhōu), Uyghur: سانجى خۇيزۇ ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى‎, ULY: Sanji Huyzu Aptonom Oblasti, UYY: Sanji Xuizu Aptonom Oblasti) is an autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China. It is located in the northeastern part of Xinjiang. The prefecture has an area of 77,129 km² (29,780 sq mi) and its seat is Changji City.

Subdivisions

Changji directly controls 2 county-level cities, 4 counties and 1 autonomous county.

#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Xiao'erjing	Uyghur (UEY)	Uyghur Latin (ULY)	Population (2010 Census)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Changji	昌吉市	Chāngjí Shì	ﭼْﺎکِ شِ	سانجى شەھىرى	Sanji Shehiri	426,253	7,981	53.40
2	Fukang	阜康市	Fùkāng Shì	ﻓُﻮْﻛْﺎ شِ	فۇكاڭ شەھىرى	Fukang Shehiri	165,006	8,545	19.31
3	Hutubi County	呼图壁县	Hūtúbì Xiàn	خُوتُوبِ ﺷِﯿًﺎ	قۇتۇبى ناھىيىسى	Qutubi Nahiyisi	210,201	9,518	22.08
4	Manas County	玛纳斯县	Mǎnàsī Xiàn	مَانَاسِ ﺷِﯿًﺎ	ماناس ناھىيىسى	Manas Nahiyisi	237,558	9,154	25.95
5	Qitai County	奇台县	Qítái Xiàn	ٿِتَیْ ﺷِﯿًﺎ	گۇچۇڭ ناھىيىسى	Guchung Nahiyisi	210,566	16,709	12.60
6	Jimsar County	吉木萨尔县	Jímùsà'ěr Xiàn	کِمُوسَاعَر ﺷِﯿًﺎ	جىمىسار ناھىيىسى	Jimisar Nahiyisi	113,284	8,170	13.86
7	Mori Kazakh Autonomous County	木垒哈萨克自治县	Mùlěi Hāsàkè Zìzhìxiàn	مُولِؤ هَاسَاکْ ذِجِشِیًا	مورى قازاق ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى	Mori Qazaq Aptonom Nahiyisi	65,719	13,582	4.83

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, Changji had a population of 1,503,097 inhabitants (population density: 19.49 inhabitants per km²).

Sister cities

• Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia

Ethnic groups in Changji, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Han	1,129,384	75,14%
Hui	173,563	11.55%
Kazakh	119,942	7.98%
Uyghur	58,984	3.92%
Mongols	6,062	0.4%
Dongxiang	2,908	0.19%
Manchu	2,828	0.19%
Uzbek	2,189	0.15%
Others	7,237	0.48%