Urumqi has jurisdiction over 7 districts, 1 counties and 2 national development zones, with a total area of 12000 square kilometers, including urban planning control area of 1600 square kilometers and built-up area of 167.6638+0 square kilometers.
Climatic condition
Urumqi has a temperate semi-arid continental climate. The average temperature in the urban area is 8.65438 0℃, and the annual precipitation is 342.9 mm. The annual sunshine hours are 2500-3000 hours, and the frost-free period is about 150- 190 days. The urban area is dominated by the northwest wind direction throughout the year.
In the fifth national census in 2000, the total population of Urumqi was 2.082 million. Among them, the population living in rural areas accounts for 16.5%, and the population of 50 ethnic minorities such as Uygur, Kazak, Hui and Mongolian accounts for 24.6%.
Urumqi is rich in natural resources. There are Tianshan glaciers and permanent snow cover 164 square kilometers, 980,000 mu of cultivated land, 9.63 million mu of grassland, 0.35 million mu of natural forest/kloc-0, and 80,000 mu of water area. There are steep and majestic Bogda snow peaks and glaciers stand on the walls; Glacier No.1 has the reputation of "living fossil of glacier"; There are several square kilometers of virgin forests, wild chrysanthemums, natural grasslands, alpine canyon waterfalls and natural hydrogen sulfide hot springs. Underground coal reserves 100 billion tons, known as "the city on the coalfield". Salt, mirabilite, gypsum, oil shale, copper and other mineral reserves and light, heat and wind energy resources to be developed are also very rich.