Changji

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Changji" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Changji 昌吉市 (Chinese) سانجى شەھىرى (Uyghur) سانجى قالاسى (Kazakh) Changki
County-level city
Location of Changji City (pink) in Changji Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Changji Location of the city centre in Xinjiang Show map of Xinjiang Changji Changji (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Changji municipal government): 44°00′52″N 87°16′03″E / 44.0144°N 87.2674°E / 44.0144; 87.2674
Country	China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Autonomous prefecture	Changji
Municipal seat	Yan'an North Road Subdistrict
Area
• Total	7,981 km2 (3,081 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	607,441
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard[a])
Website	www.cjs.gov.cn

Changji is a county-level city situated about 40 km (25 mi) west of the regional capital, Ürümqi in Northern Xinjiang, China and has about 390,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. At the northeast corner of the modern city are the walls and other archaeological remains of the Tang dynasty city, usually referred to as Ancient Changji.

A Federation of Industry and Commerce is at Changji. In the area around Changji crop growing, animal husbandry and oil crop growing are important parts of the economy. Changji is the home of Changji University.

Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).