Shihezi

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Shihezi City is is a sub-prefecture-level city in northern Xinjiang, located in central northern part of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, about 150 kilometres Northwest of Urumqi. It has a population of 380,130 according to the 2010 census. It lies below the northern foothills of the Tian Mountains on the southern fringe of the desert in the Junggar Basin. An industrial city, Shihezi serves as a base for oil exploration and is a centre for the production of cotton and wool products, paper, coal, machine parts, and building materials. The chief agricultural activities in the area are sheep farming and the cultivation of melons. area code 501
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shihezi_City
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Coordinates:   44°18'20"N   86°3'13"E

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  • is this part of China?
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