Ürümqi, Xinjiang

China

Ürümqi, Xinjiang connects with 1006 places across 19 topics through 69 Bunkabop connections, shaped by its position at the crossroads of Central Asian history and modern Chinese governance. History and government form the two largest topic clusters, with threads running from medieval Silk Road routes to contested 20th-century sovereignty. The Sampul tapestry is on permanent display at the Xinjiang Museum here. The city's Northern Central dialect forms the basis of standard Xinjiang Uyghur.