19-2  Population Status by Prefecture, Autonomous Prefecture and City
	（2002年）
Region	Total (person)	Rank	Urban Population (person)	Rank	Rural Population (person)	Rank	Illiterate and Semi-Iliterate Population (person)	Rank
Total	19051900		6447163		12604737		10.87
Urumqi city	1757193	4	1688895	1	68298	12	5.8	13
Karamay city	290043	15	290043	14			4.42	14
Shihezi city	610756	9	610756	8			3.16	15
Turpan Administrative Offices	566854	11	405000	11	161854	10	8.94	5
Hami [Kumul] Administrative Offices	519726	12	453625	9	66101	13	6.8	12
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture	1527202	6	1154784	4	372418	6	6.91	11
Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture	4017619		2155704		1861915		8.42
Counties (Cities) Direct Under Ili Prefecture	2477911	2	1189327	3	1288584	2	8.77	6
Tacheng [Tarbagatai] Administrative Offices	937382	8	648460	7	288922	7	7.51	9
Altay Administrative Offices	602326	10	317917	12	284409	8	8.41	8
Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture	424343	14	294479	13	129864	11	8.47	7
Bayangol Mongol Autonomous Prefecture	1088702	7	662853	6	425849	5	7.18	10
Aksu Administrative Offices	2144346	3	1201975	2	942371	4	9.25	4
Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture	451946	13	256470	15	195476	9	10.99	1
Kashgar [Kaxgar] Administrative Offices	3487556	1	1046218	5	2441338	1	9.3	3
Hotan Administrative Offices	1717872	5	439020	10	1278852	3	10.36	2
Note: The urban and rural population in Xinjiang are calculated on the 5th National population census, Others are calculated on the annals of public security.