Shihezi
| Basic data | |
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| Greater Region: | Northwest China |
| Autonomous area : | Xinjiang |
| Status: | District-free city |
| Residents : | 572,772 |
| Area : | 7,529 km² |
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| Uighur name | |
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| Arabic-Persian (Kona Yeziⱪ) : | شىخەنزە شەھىرى |
| Latin (Yengi Yeziⱪ) : | Xihənzə Xəⱨiri |
| Chinese name | |
| Abbreviation : | 石河子 市 |
| Transcription in Pinyin : | Shíhézǐ Shì |
Shihezi is a district-free city in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China and is directly subordinate to the regional government . The administrative area of the city has an area of 7529 km²; 460 km² of this belong to the actual urban area and about 30 km² are built-up areas. Shihezi had 572,772 residents in 2005, only 5.4% of whom were ethnic minorities. The majority of the population are Han Chinese .
The city lies on the southern edge of the Djungarian basin on the northern flank of the Borochoro mountain range. The Manasi He River flows through the urban area in a northerly direction.
Oil, textile and food industries are the main industries in Shihezi. Nearby are sugar beet and cotton grown.
The Shihezi University is the second largest university in Xinjiang.
Administrative structure
At the community level, Shihezi consists of five street districts and two large communities . These are:
- Dongcheng Street (东城 街道);
- Road quarter Hongshan (红山街道);
- Road quarter Laojie (老街街道);
- Quarter Road Xiang Yang (向阳街道);
- Xincheng Street District (新城 街道);
- Greater community Beiquan (北泉镇);
- Greater community Shihezi (石河子镇).
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Coordinates: 44 ° 18 ' N , 86 ° 2' E