新疆ウイグル自治区は、南はチベット自治区、東部は甘粛省、青海省と接しており、国境は、北東がモンゴル、北はロシア、北西はカザフスタン、西はキルギスタン、タジキスタン、アフガニスタン、パキスタン、南西はインドと接する。国境の大部分は、標高数千米の険しいカラコルム山脈・崑崙山脈・天山山脈が占めている。シルクロードの最も有名なルートは、新疆ウイグル自治区の東から北西の境界までを通っている。
Xinjiang 2023
新疆ウイグル自治区自然シリーズ
10-19, October 2023
Xinjiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia. Being the largest province-level division of China by area and the 8th-largest country subdivision in the world, Xinjiang spans over 1.6 million square kilometres (620,000 sq mi) and has about 25 million inhabitants. Xinjiang borders the countries of Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. The rugged Karakoram, Kunlun and Tian Shan mountain ranges occupy much of Xinjiang's borders, as well as its western and southern regions. Xinjiang also borders the Tibet Autonomous Region and the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai. The most well-known route of the historic Silk Road ran through the territory from the east to its northwestern border.
