Sister cities
Twinned with Ürümqi
5 of 6 in this atlas
Ürümqi maintains formal twinning ties with cities across Central and South Asia and Russia, including Chelyabinsk, Dushanbe, Gaziantep, and Mashhad, each of which names Ürümqi in return. Its pairing with Peshawar, however, is not reciprocated, as Peshawar does not list Ürümqi among its own twinned municipalities, illustrating the independent and sometimes asymmetric nature of such declarations.
In this atlas5
Twinned in total6
Not reciprocated1
Twinned with Ürümqi
| City | Country | Distance | Lists back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelyabinsk | RU | 2,253 km | yes |
| Dushanbe | TJ | 1,676 km | yes |
| Gaziantep | TR | 4,250 km | yes |
| Mashhad | IR | 2,510 km | yes |
| Peshawar | PK | 1,757 km | not listed |
1 of these do not list Ürümqi back. Twinning is declared independently by each municipality, so one-sided pairs are common — and usually more interesting than the mutual ones.