Which province has the largest land area in China?

Which province has the largest land area in China?

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is abbreviated as Xinjiang, which was called the western regions in ancient times. In Han Dynasty, the capital of the western regions was set up to protect the prefecture. In Tang Dynasty, the capital of Anxi and Beiting was set up to protect the amulet. In Song Dynasty, the capital of the western regions was set up to protect the prefecture. In Yuan Dynasty, the capital of Yili was set up to protect the prefecture, And Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and other neighboring countries Xinjiang established the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on October 1, 1955. There are five autonomous prefectures among the three prefectures in the region: Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, bortalamon Autonomous Prefecture, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture and Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture. The area is 1.66 million square kilometers and the existing population is more than 17 million, Xinjiang is the largest provincial administrative region in China. 56 ethnic groups in China have settled in Xinjiang. Among them, Uygur, Han, Kazak, Hui, Kirgiz, Mongolian, Xibe, Tajik, Manchu, Uzbek, Russian, Daur and Tatar live in Xinjiang, with the largest number of people. Xinjiang has a large amount of tourism resources and many types, There are 236 ancient cultural sites, ancient tombs, ancient buildings, ancient cave temples (Thousand Buddha cave), stone carvings and modern memorial buildings in Xinjiang with historical, artistic and scientific research value, of which 10 are listed as key cultural relics protection units in the country. There are also 16 thousand Buddhist caves and more than 550 relatively complete caves, There are thousands of cultural relics. There are also 22 nature reserves in Xinjiang. The discovery of Altay rock art gallery and Zhungeer dinosaur fossils has attracted the attention of experts and scholars at home and abroad. Xinjiang is known as "the hometown of song and dance" and "the hometown of melons and fruits". You can enjoy the colorful folk cultural activities everywhere, The silk road is an international channel of historical significance. There are Altai Mountains in the north of Xinjiang, Kunlun Mountains, Karakorum Mountains and Altun Mountains in the south. Tianshan Mountain, as a symbol of Xinjiang, traverses the central part, forming the Talimu Basin in the South and the Junggar Basin in the north, The area to the north of Tianshan Mountains is called Northern Xinjiang, and the Hami and Turpan basins are called eastern Xinjiang. The Tianshan Mountains have overlapping peaks in east-west direction, and can be divided into East, middle and West sections, with a total length of 2500 km. It is one of the high mountain systems in Asia. The Altai Mountains extend to the border of China, Mongolia and Russia, with a total length of nearly 20000 km, Kunlun mountain system is the general name of Pamir Plateau, Karakorum mountain, Kunlun Mountain and Altun mountain. It is towering and towering, with an average elevation of more than 5000 meters. The highest peak, qiaogeli, is 8611 meters above sea level. It is located on the border between China and Pakistan, and is the second highest peak in the world, There are more than 20 large lakes in Xinjiang, including Tarim River, Yili River, Ertis River, Manas River, Wulungu River and Kaidu River. There are many lakes with beautiful natural landscape in Xinjiang, with a total area of 9700 square kilometers, accounting for more than 0.6% of the total area of Xinjiang, Among them, there are ten famous lakes: Bosten Lake, Ebinur Lake, bruntohai lake, ayagekuli lake, Sailimu Lake, aqigekule lake, whale lake, Jili lake, aksayi lake, and aiximan lake. The snow mountains and ice peaks in mianlian, Xinjiang, have formed more than 18600 large glaciers with a total area of more than 24000 square kilometers, accounting for 42% of the national glacier area, The ice reserve is 258 million cubic meters, which is the natural "solid reservoir" in Xinjiang. Xinjiang is extremely rich in water resources, and its per capita share is in the forefront of the country, which needs to be vigorously developed. The great desert accounts for two thirds of the desert area in China, of which the Taklimakan Desert covers an area of 336700 square kilometers, which is the largest desert in China and the second largest mobile desert in the world, The Gurbantunggut Desert in Junggar basin, with an area of 48000 square kilometers, is the second largest desert in China. Xinjiang desert is rich in oil and gas resources and mineral resources