Xinjiang

thumb|right|The West Turkestan region is noted on this 1914 map as simply "Turkestan" Turkestan, also spelled Turkistan, is a historical name for the region of Asia lying between the Caspian Sea to the west, Siberia to the north, the Gobi Desert to the east, and Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tibet to the south. Turkestan is primarily inhabited by Turkic peoples, as well as Russian and Tajik-Persian minorities. It is subdivided into West Turkestan, which historically belonged to the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, and East Turkestan (identified either with the Tarim Basin/Southern Xinji

political and social Uyghur movement for the independence of Oriental Turkestan, in Xinjiang, autonomous province of China

thumb|Locations of laogai camps in the 1990s, according to Harry Wu

culinary traditions of Chinese Muslims

ethnic group

former province of the Republic of China

part of the Turkic Muslim ethnic group living east of its national state within the borders of China

mummified woman found in China

non-governmental genocide tribunal

form of nationalism which asserts that Uyghurs are a distinct nation

reservoir in Xinjiang

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thumb|right|Endere Stupa Endere (Chinese: 安迪尔; pinyin: Āndí'ěr) is an archaeological site in Xinjiang, China, in the southern Taklamakan Desert, a part of the southern route of the ancient Silk Road. It has been tentatively identified with a place called Saca that is mentioned in documents written in Kharoṣṭhī script which have been found in the region.