The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (historical transliteration of Xinjiang: Sinkiang) is situated in the Central-Asian part of China, in the northwest of the country. It is the largest administrative unit in China and borders on Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Indian part of Kashmir, as well as the Tibet Autonomous Region and the provinces Qinghai and Gansu. Xinjiang is distinctly divided into five regions. From the …