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'''Xinjiang''' is an autonomous region of [[China]]. It is the biggest province of China but not very densely populated. Most of the province is desert. There is one major motorway going all the way from the border of [[Kyrgyzstan]] via [[Kashgar]], [[Urumqi]] and [[Turpan]] to Gansu province.
Xinjiang is inhabited by the Uyghur people and their language, written in Arabic script has official status here. That means, unlike in the rest of China, motorway signs are not in Chinese & English but in Chinese & Uyghur. It will help a lot to learn at least the major city names in either of them.
== Hitchhiking ==
[[File:Hitching-kashgar.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] hitching out of [[Kashgar]] in direction [[Urumqi]].]]
Hitchhiking generally works quite well. There are big distances between cities, which means there is little traffic, but also that many cars go very far. It's very possible to get lifts of 300 - 1000 km.
