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East Turkistan as a Cradle of Civilizations / Prof Alimcan Inayet6. 2. The administrative structure of East TurkistanThe official name of East Turkistan in China in Uyghur is the “Xinjiang UyghurOtonom Rayoni” (the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). It was establishedon 1 October 1955. There are 5 autonomous prefectures, 6 autonomous Counties8 cities and 62 districts in the Autonomous Uyghur Region. The autonomousregions are as follows: 19Autonomous RegionsDate ofEstablishmentregionYanqi Hui Autonomous County 15.03.1954 32.70%Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County 25.03.1954 28.00%Bayingolin Mongol AutonomousPrefecture23.06.1954 35.00%Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 13.07.1954 24.80%Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture 14.07.1954 36.00%Changyi Hui Autonomous Prefecture 15.07.1954 37.00%Mori Kazakh Autonomous County 17.07.1954 33.00%Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County 10.09.1954 58.00%Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County 17.09.1954 78.10%Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County 30.09.1954 31.00%Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 27.11.1954 53.47%The proportion ofautonomous ethnicgroups to the overallpopulation in theAll government organs and offices have a Communist Party Secretariat,which has the power to make binding decisions. It is impossible to take part inthe administration without being a member of the Communist Party.7. The actual problems in East Turkistan7. 1. Allegedly East Turkistan is an autonomous region. However the rightsand authority that are the result of such autonomy have been severely violated.7. 2. The government policy for encouraging settlement in the region is283