Tianshan District ( zh, s=天山区, p=Tiānshān Qū; ug, تەڭرىتاغ رايونى, translit=Tengritagh Rayoni, Təngritaƣ Rayoni, Tengritag Rayoni, ) is one of 7
urban districts of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of China ...
of
Ürümqi
Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...
, the capital of
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
,
Northwest China. It is a core urban
district
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of Ürümqi. It contains an area of . According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 450,000.
County-level divisions of Xinjiang
Ürümqi
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