Makan Map
Atlas of Xinjiang | |
Type of site | web mapping |
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| Owner | CNRS |
| Created by | Yalikun Tashi (Yalqun Tash) |
| URL | makanmap-prodig.cnrs.fr |
| Launched | May 10, 2014 |
| Current status | active |
The Makan Map is an online interactive atlas of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. This region covers an area of 1,664,897 km2, or 16% of China's territory. It allows to visualize geographic, administrative and socio-economic baseline data, to carry out statistical analysis and to create thematic maps for this region. The Makan Map is the first multi-language atlas of the Xinjiang. It has been created in four languages: Uyghur, Chinese, French and English. The current version is the second version of the Makan Map. Development is ongoing for future releases.