新疆古称西域,汉置西域都护府,唐置安西、北庭两都护府、宋为西辽地,元设两行省。清属伊犁将军府,被称新疆,1884年建新疆省。新疆是我国最大的省区,面积160万平方公里,东南长2000公里,南北宽1600公里,占祖国版图的六分之一。它东南连接甘肃、青海、西藏三省区,东北至西南与蒙古、俄罗斯、哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉 Xinjiang, the ancient name of the Western Regions, Han Chinese home to set up the Western Regions, Don Anxi, Beitou two are guarding the government, Song is the West Liao, Yuan set two provinces. Qing general Yili generals, known as Xinjiang, built in 1884 in Xinjiang. Xinjiang is China’s largest province and autonomous region, covering an area of ​​1.6 million square kilometers, 2,000 kilometers southeast and 1,600 kilometers wide from north to south, accounting for one sixth of the territory of the motherland. It southeast connected Gansu, Qinghai, Tibet provinces, northeast to southwest and Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan