历史今天:1955年新疆维吾尔自治区成立(9.30)

【英文原文】

Xinjiang is a large, sparsely populated area, spanning over 1.6 million km2 (comparable in size to Iran or Western Europe), which takes up about one sixth of the country's territory. Xinjiang borders the Tibet Autonomous Region and India's Leh District to the south and Qinghai and Gansu provinces to the southeast, Mongolia to the east, Russia to the north, and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to the west.

The east-west chain of the Tian Shan Mountains separate Dzungaria in the north from the Tarim Basin in the south. Dzungaria is dry steppe. The Tarim Basin is desert surrounded by oases. In the east is the Turfan Depression. In the west, the Tian Shan split, forming the Ili River valley..

【中文译文】


新疆是一个地域广阔，人口稀少的地区，面积为160多万平方公里（相当于伊朗或西欧的面积），约占国土总面积的六分之一。新疆的南面是西藏自治区和印度的列城地区，东南是青海和甘肃两省，东面是蒙古，北面是俄罗斯，哈萨克斯坦，吉尔吉斯斯坦，塔吉克斯坦，西面则是阿富汗，巴基斯坦和印度。

东西走向的天山山脉将准噶尔盆地和塔里木盆地分隔开来。准噶尔是干草原。塔里木盆地是一片绿洲包围的沙漠。在东部，是吐鲁番盆地。在西部，是天山分裂形成的伊犁河谷。