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Featured Article: Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR). It is a large, sparsely populated area. Xinjiang borders three provinces of China including the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south and Qinghai and Gansu provinces to the southeast. In addition, it borders eight separate countries: Mongolia to the east, Russia to the north, and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India to the west. It is home to a number of Turkic ethnic groups, the largest of which are the Uyghurs.
Popular Article: Alaska
Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme northwest portion of the North American continent, is the largest U.S. state. The state is bounded on the north and northwest by the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas respectively, both of which are part of the larger Arctic Ocean. The state is bounded also by the Bering Strait and Bering Sea on the West and the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Alaska on the south. The state's eastern boundary is with Canada’s Yukon Territory and British Columbia province. One of the Earth's most active earthquake belts rims the southern portion of the state.
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Paintings of Diego Velázquez, Spanish artist of the Baroque period, were recreated by several twentieth century painters, including Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali, in their own style (source: Diego Velázquez)
