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Uyghuristan - Definition and Overview

Though interrupted in history and now unrealized as a modern nation-state, Uyghuristan (also Uyghurstan, Uighuristan, Uighurstan, Uyguristan, Uygurstan, Uiguristan, Uigurstan) is the political aspiration of the Uyghur people, the largest indigenous population of East Turkestan, which is now an administrative unit of the People's Republic of China.

See also: Xinjiang

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