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Urumqi (all images)

Urumqi (Wulumuqi in Chinese) is the capital of the province of Xinjiang in the west of China. The city has slightly over 2 million inhabitants and is clean and well organised, with relatively clean air and blue skies (compared to other cities in China). It's a relatively modern city, with very little old architecture, but it has its own character and flair, being essentially a mix of a modern Chinese town and a Central Asian metropolis. Urumqi is the gateway to Xinjiang for all those arriving by plane.


01 Xinjiang university folk museum	02 Xinjiang university folk museum	03 Xinjiang university folk museum	04 Spices and dried fruits shop	05 Roasted chicken stall	06 Baked buns


07 Butchery with mutton carcasses	08 Mutton carcasses	09 Street and buildings	10 Grand bazaar	11 Erdaoqiao mosque	12 Red pomegranates


13 Inside the Grand Bazaar	14 Handicraft shops in Grand Bazaar	15 People walking on Erdaoqiao square	16 Fruit stalls on Erdaoqiao square	17 Melons


18 Grand bazaar and people	19 Erdaoqiao complex and square	20 Erdaoqiao square and mosque	21 Erdaoqiao square and mosque	22 Erdaoqiao square, mosque and tower


23 Camel and Erdaoqiao mosque	01 Street and buildings	02 Street and buildings	03 Yellow city bus	04 Yellow bus and building


05 Renmin city square	06 People Liberation column	07 Skyscrapers	08 People walking on Renmin city square	09 People walking on Renmin city square


10 Colourful stalls on Renmin city square	11 Colourful stalls on Renmin city square	12 Zhongshan road	13 Zhongshan road	14 Zhongshan road


15 Heilongjiang street and skyline	16 Train station building	17 Buses parked at the train station


18 Colourful buses near the train station	01 Erdaoqiao mosque at night	02 Erdaoqiao mosque at night	03 Jade jewellery shop	04 Open air bakery


05 Erdaoqiao mosque at night	06 Erdaoqiao mosque at night	07 Bayilaike bazaar	08 Erdaoqiao mosque at night	09 Shops on Erdaoqiao square


10 Illuminated minarets	11 Bas-relief showing Uighur people	12 Carrefour mall and Erdaoqiao mosque	13 Handicraft shop


14 Erdaoqiao complex and square	01 Urumqi skyline and street	02 Street	03 Long distance buses on road


04 Buses and skyscrapers	05 Hotel lobby	06 Airport	07 Aircrafts


01 Workers in a butcher shop	02 Uighur Muslim women with headscarf and small girl	03 Old Uighur men	04 Old Uighur man with beard	05 Food stall operator preparing skewers