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China Xinjiang relief location map
Map of East Turkestani state

East Turkistan, Uyghuristan, and Uyghurstan (Uyghur: Sherqiy Türkistan; Uyghuriye), refers to the eastern part of the greater Turkestan region of Central Asia. It has an area of 1,664,900 km2 and a population of 21,813,334 (2010 est).

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  • Xiyu City-States of Tarim basin (BC1C)

    Cities of the Tarim Basin region, 1 BC

  • Battle at Kor-p'ing

    Qing-era painting depicting a Chinese campaign against Jahangir Khoja's forces in Xinjiang, 1828

  • Plate 23. Sect. II- Chinese Turkistan, Kashmir & Jamu of maps of Constables 1893 hand atlas

    Map including part of Chinese Turkistan (1893)

  • 1912 China map from National Geographic

    Map including East Turkestan (NGS, 1912)

  • $1000 East Turkistan Dollar Note – 1945

    $1000 East Turkistan Dollar Note, 1945

  • map of Central Asia and the Silk Road

    According to one definition of East Turkestan, the Tian Shan mountain system separates East Turkestan from Dzungaria in Xinjiang.

  • Uyghur anti-China demonstration in Washington, D.C.

    The term "East Turkestan" is primarily used by, and is associated with, Uyghur separatists (diasporic protest in Washington, D.C. shown)

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