1.8 million people. According to official website, Education Bureau of Urumqi, in 2023, there were more than 33,000 candidates taking the senior high school entrance examination in Urumqi, and the enrollment was 6.5438+0.8 million, which was basically the same as last year. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where the economy continues to improve, is referred to as "new". It is People's Republic of China (PRC) Autonomous Region, the capital of Urumqi, located in the northwest of China, and one of the five minority autonomous regions in China.