Northwest China

North West was historically a border region with the beginning of the ancient Silk Road, much desert terrain, and mainly Muslim inhabitants including some nomads and rather fierce tribal groups.
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Xi'an is a city in Province in . The oldest surviving capital of ancient China, Xi'an is home to thousands of years of Chinese heritage and history.

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is the capital of the , administered by the People's Republic of China. The city has a population of around 2.5 million and is in the Tian Shan mountains.

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is the capital and largest city of province in northwestern China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country.

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, officially known as the Uygur Autonomous Region, is in the North West of . The region is the main home of China's ethnic Uyghur population, is the largest province in China, and shares borders with , , …

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is a province in the North West region of . Historically, it is the combination of the two regions, gan and su. On the Silk Road marked the end or beginning of China proper depending upon if you were traveling east towards Xi'an or west towards Central Asia and Europe.

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, pronounced roughly Shahn-see, is a north-central province of , and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as well as the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of the province.

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is a province in Northwest China. It is located south of the Republic of , east of , and north of . It is one of China's least populous and least densely populated provinces with under six million people in an area somewhat larger than France.

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, officially the Hui Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in Northwestern China. Formerly a province, was incorporated into in 1954 but was later separated from Gansu in 1958 and reconstituted as an autonomous region for the Hui people, one of the 56 officially recognised nationalities of China.

Northwest China

Latitude of center
45.5° or 45° 30′ north
Longitude of center
87.1° or 87° 6′ east
Wiki­data ID
Q1153001
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Northwest China” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شمال غرب الصين”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսարևմտյան Չինաստան”
  • Asturian: “China del Noroeste”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর-পশ্চিম চীন”
  • Catalan: “Xina del nord-oest”
  • Central Kurdish: “باکوور و باشووری چین”
  • Chinese: “中国西北”
  • Chinese: “中国西北地区”
  • Chinese: “中國西北”
  • Chinese: “中國西北地區”
  • Chinese: “中國西北部”
  • Chinese: “大西北”
  • Chinese: “西北”
  • Czech: “Severozápadní Čína”
  • Dutch: “Noordwest-China”
  • Dutch: “Xibei”
  • Esperanto: “Nordokcidenta Ĉinio”
  • French: “Chine du Nord-ouest”
  • French: “Chine du Nord-Ouest”
  • French: “Xibei”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილო-დასავლეთ ჩინეთი”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილო-დასავლეთი ჩინეთი”
  • German: “Nordwestchina”
  • German: “Nordwestchinesische Region”
  • German: “Xibei”
  • Greek: “Βορειοδυτική Κίνα”
  • Hebrew: “צפון-מערב סין”
  • Indonesian: “Tiongkok Barat Laut”
  • Italian: “Cina del nordovest”
  • Japanese: “中国北西部”
  • Japanese: “中国西北部”
  • Korean: “시베이 지구”
  • Korean: “시베이”
  • Korean: “중국 서북”
  • Korean: “중국 서북부”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Xibei”
  • Norwegian: “Xibei”
  • Persian: “شمال غربی چین”
  • Portuguese: “Noroeste”
  • Russian: “Северо-запад Китая”
  • Russian: “Северо-Западный Китай”
  • Slovenian: “Severozahodna Kitajska”
  • Spanish: “China del Noroeste”
  • Tamil: “வடமேற்கு சீனா”
  • Turkish: “Kuzeybatı Çin”
  • Turkmen: “Demirgazyk-günbatar Hytaý”
  • Urdu: “شمال مغربی چین”
  • Vietnamese: “Miền Tây Bắc Trung Quốc”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Bắc Trung Quốc”
  • Welsh: “Gogledd Orllewin Tsieina”
  • Western Panjabi: “شمال مغربی چین”
  • Wu Chinese: “中國西北”
  • Yue Chinese: “中國西北”

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