Geography of the Location of Chinese Kazakh and problems of Migration between Kazakhstan and China

Authors

  • K. Sarkytkan Kazakh national pedagogical university named after Abai, Kazakhstan, Almaty
  • M. Hydyrolla Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan, Almaty http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4185-5841
  • N. B. Ospan Kazakh national pedagogical university named after Abai, Kazakhstan, Almaty

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26577/JGEM.2021.v60.i1.01
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Keywords:

Diaspora, Xinjiang, Ile-Kazakh Autonomous Region, geography of migration, immigrants, emigrants, migration balance.

Abstract

The article is aimed at a demographic study of the geographical distribution and ethnic composition of the population of the Ili Autonomous Region as part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Xin Jiang) of the People’s Republic of China (China). Based on the geographical location, territory, border countries and borders, and the natural and resource potential of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Region, which occupies an important geopolitical and geo-economic place for China. In addition, the article paid special attention to the population of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Oblast and their territorial-administrative division, as well as the distribution of the ethnic nation in the city and settlements of this region, based on new literary sources based on natural growth, fertility and mortality of the population. The article analyzes the share of immigrants and emigrants between the Republic of Kazakhstan and China, the migration difference, and statistical indicators of migrants between regions. And socioeconomic issues between Kazakhstan and China are considered on the basis of indicators. Another relevance of the article is the use of statistical demographic indicators obtained from the statistics Committee of the Ministry of national economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the period from 2013 to 2020. These quantitative data play an important role in the analysis and assessment of the real state of external migration between the two countries.

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Published

2021-03-20

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Physical, economic and social geography