{"id":189,"date":"2017-07-11T14:53:53","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T14:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gator4247.temp.domains\/~eztnlkte\/?p=189"},"modified":"2024-06-27T22:48:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T22:48:04","slug":"brief-intro-of-east-turkistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theouc.ca\/2017\/07\/11\/brief-intro-of-east-turkistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief Intro of East Turkistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"189\" class=\"elementor elementor-189\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5abd5872 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5abd5872\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65941005\" data-id=\"65941005\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6670eefc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6670eefc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #383838;\">East Turkistan is the land of Uyghurs and other minorities\u00a0such as Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Uzbeks, Tatars and Tajiks. Many might think this region is\u00a0located in the East because of\u00a0its name. However, East Turkistan is in the northwest of China and it lies in the heart of Central Asia. The territory area is 1.82 million square kilometers, which is twice as large as the Republic of Turkey and\u00a0four times as large as the state of California. It is enormous!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #383838;\">East Turkestan has a diverse geography.\u00a0More than 43% of the region is covered with deserts and another 40% is covered by mountain ranges. East Turkestan is overlaid by\u00a0beautiful rivers, lakes, grasslands and forests. One of its mountains is called\u00a0Tengritagh Mountain, also known as Heavenly Mountains.\u00a0\u00a0Ten countries surround East Turkistan: China and Mongolia to the East, Russia to the North, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to the West and Tibet to the South.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #383838;\">East Turkistan was an independent country, the motherland of Uyghurs, before 1949, when China officially took possession of this territory and documented it as Xinjiang, which means \u201cnew territory\u201d or \u201cnew border\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #383838;\">The land is mainly the home to the Turkic Uyghur people and other ethnic minorities. Uyghurs were a majority in East Turkistan, until the Chinese government decided to colonize it. The ancient Silk Road, the old trade route linking Asia to the Middle East, passes through East Turkistan, a legacy that can be seen in the traditional open-air bazaars of Oasis cities, Hotan and Kashgar.\u00a0East Turkistan has 14 provinces, 32 major cities and 87 small cities and towns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #383838;\">Urumqi is the capital of East Turkistan. Some of the land\u2019s famous and historic cities are Kashgar, Ghulja, Turpan, Hotan and Oasis.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>East Turkistan is the land of Uyghurs and other minorities\u00a0such as Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Uzbeks, Tatars and Tajiks. Many might think this region is\u00a0located in the East because of\u00a0its name. However, East Turkistan is in the northwest of China and it lies in the heart of Central Asia. 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