Diverse Xinjiang——The Western Regions

• 来源期刊: 今日中国：英文版
• 学科: 地球科学
• 关键词: 新疆 西部地区 民族文化 地形学 人文景观 自然环境
• 年，卷（期）: 2004,（10）
• 页码范围: 10-17
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: K924.5

摘要

Xinjiang is China's largest provincial-level administrative region. Covering an area of 1.6 million square kilometers, there are eight countries along its 5,600-kilometer border. According to archaeological findings, human habitation began here in the Neolithic Age, Xinjiang was a main aspect of the Old Silk Road that traversed the region 2,000 years ago, and instrumental in linking the East and West. Migration from Central Asia and intermarriage brought about complex ethnic relationships culminating in the 13 ethnic groups that today inhabit this region of diverse culture and topography,