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XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION (East Turkestan/Uyghuristan)
Quick Facts (Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Administration type: Autonomous Region (of People's Republic of China)
Capital: Ürümqi
Area: 1,660,000 sq km
Population: 19,630,000 (2004)
Ethnic groups: Uyghur 45.21%, Han 40.58%, Kazakh 6.74%, Hui 4.55%, Kirghiz 0.86%, Mongol 0.81%, other 1.25%  (2000)

Languages: Uyghur, Gagauz, Moldovan, Russian

Related Websites

Xinjiang (IU - Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center)

Xinjiang (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

East Turkestan

Uyghur People

Uyghur American Association (uyguramerican.org)

World Uyghur Congress (uygurcongress.org)

Uyghur Human Rights Project (uhrp.org)

East Turkistan Information Center (uygur.org)

Uygur of Xinjiang (uygurworld.com)

The Western Yugur Steppe (home.arcor.de)

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TERRITORIAL AUTONOMOUS UNIT of GAGAUZIA
Quick Facts (Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Administration type: Autonomous Region (of Moldova)
Capital: Comrat
Area: 1,832 sq km
Population: 155,700 (2006)
Ethnic groups: Gagauz 82.0%, Moldovans 7.8%, Bulgarians 4.8%, Russians 2.4%, Ukrainians 2.3%, other 0.7%  (2006)

Languages: Gagauz, Moldovan, Russian

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Gagauzia (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Gagauz People

Images of Gagauzia (travel-images.com)

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TAYMYR AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT (Taymyria)
Quick Facts (Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Administration type: Autonomous District (of Russia)
Administrative center: Dudinka
Area: 862,100 sq km
Population: 39,786 (2002)
Ethnic groups: Russians 58.6%, Dolgans 13.86%, Nenetses 7.67%, Ukrainians 6.09%, Nganasans 1.92%, Volga Germans 1.47%, Tatars 1.07%, Evenks 0.77%,  Belarusians 0.74%, Azerbaijanis 0.6%, other 7.21% (2002)

Languages: Russian, Dolgan

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Taymyria (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Dolgans

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