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Changji
Changki | |
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.png) Location of Changji City (pink) in Changji Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
  Changji Location of the city centre in Xinjiang  Changji Changji (China) | |
| Coordinates (Changji municipal government): 44°00′52″N 87°16′03″E / 44.0144°N 87.2674°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Autonomous prefecture | Changji |
| Municipal seat | Yan'an North Road Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,981 km2 (3,081 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 607,441 |
| • Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[a]) |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 昌吉 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur | سانجى | ||||||||||
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Changji is a county-level city situated about 40 km (25 mi) west of the regional capital, Ürümqi in Northern Xinjiang, China and has about 390,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. At the northeast corner of the modern city are the walls and other archaeological remains of the Tang dynasty city, usually referred to as Ancient Changji.
A Federation of Industry and Commerce is at Changji. In the area around Changji crop growing, animal husbandry and oil crop growing are important parts of the economy. Changji is the home of Changji University.
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