新疆维吾尔自治区面积166万平方公里，是中国面积最大的省级行政区。

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, covering an area of 1.66 million square kilometers， is the largest in area among all the administrative regions of provincial level in China.

　　新疆共有47个民族，其中维吾尔族约占了总人口的一半。新疆的少数民族大多信仰伊斯兰教。

Xinjiang has 47 ethnic minority groups with Uygur taking over half of the total population. The majority of the ethnic groups believe in Islam.

　　新疆属于典型的温带大陆性干旱气候，因此，形成了有名的塔克拉玛干沙漠。塔克拉玛干沙漠仅次于非洲撒哈拉大沙漠，是世界第二大沙漠。现在，它已经成了新疆著名的旅游线路之一。骑骆驼走塔克拉玛干是很多人的梦想。

Xinjiang belongs to a typical temperate continental dry climate, which gives birth to the Taklimakan Desert. The Taklimakan Desert is the second largest desert in the world only next to the Sahara Desert in Africa. Now it has become a gem among the travel routes in Xinjiang. Riding on the back of a camel in Taklimakan is a dream for many people.

　　与新疆的其他草原一样，伊犁的草原不仅与荒漠对峙，而且与雪峰对峙，有一种丰富而复杂的美。

Just like other grasslands in Xinjiang, grasslands in Ili neighbor not only with deserts but also with snow-capped mountains, demonstrating a beauty of rich complexity.