THE 1941 SINKIANG POPULATION SURVEY/SHIFT OF POPULATION SINCE 1941

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
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• Publication Date: March 21, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFOIMT ION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
'COUNTRY China (Sinkiang)
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
The 1941 Sinkiang Population Survey/Shift
of Population, Since 1941
DATE OF INFORNATION
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1941. survey
This Survey was conducted, by the Sinkiang Provincial Government in 1940-
1941, at the direction of Governor Shang Shih'tai. The figures were
secured and cm-Tiled by the Commisariat of Police. 21.47 all people,
regardless of age, who resided in, or around, urban areas had to be
registered with their local police station, it was a 'rather simple task
to count and segregate the .urban population into the 14 races, four reli-
gions and four major tongues. As for the ncoadic inhabitants of Sinkiang,
the e:Usting tax-collecting methods Were utilized to count them. The
area chieftains of the various races, who were responsible for the collection
of taxes from the members of their group� were held responsible to furnish
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The following are the only figures
survey of the Sinkiang population:
relating to the lc;i1
a. The racial breakdown of the figure 3,730,051, representing the total
population of Sinkiang, was as follows:
(1)
Uighure
2,900,173
(2
Kazakhs
318,716
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Chinese
202,239
(4
Tungana
92,146
(5
Kfrghlz
65,248
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Mongols
63,018
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Taranchi
41,307
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RasSians
13,408
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Sibos
9,203
(10
Tadjiks
8,867
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Uzbeks
' 7,966
Tatars
4,601
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Solons
2,489
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Manchus
670
b. 'The
breakdown of the total population according to religion was:
(I) Moslems 30439,024
(2 Confucian. Buddhists 214,601
(3 Lama Buddhists 63,018
(4. P.eek Orthodox 13,408
c. The breakdown of the total population according to the major languages
spoken in Sinkiang wass
(1) , Turkic . 3,346,878
-2) Chinese 306,747
(4.1Mongolian- 63,018
: Russian 13,408.
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d. Th approximate distribution of the Sinkiang population in the 10
administrative regions wags '
,(1)
Kaahgar
900,000
(2
Khotan
605,000
,(3
.Actsu-
581,000
(4
Yerkand
561,000
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Drumqhi,.
Ili
372,000
351,000
Tarbegatai
144,000
gars Shahr
106,000
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Altai
63,000
(10)
Beni
48,000'
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the only major change in the population of Sinkiang, since 1941,
has been in the Chinese and White Russian inhabitants of that province': There
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has been no major shift within, away from, or into Sinkiang of the Mbelad
peoples of Sinkiang. They have remained, on the whole, unaffected-by the
Sinkiang political changes after 1941.- The following are .the major shifts
affecting the Chinese and White Russian populace of Sinkiang:
a. When Governor Shang abandoned his pro-Soviet policy in the fall of 1943
and requested that his Soviet advisors leave the prOVinde, the Soviets
forced all the White Russians who had accepted Soviet citizenship, to
move from seven regions of Sinkiang into the Ili, Tarbagatai and Altai
Regions. ,Most of the White Russian youth ultimately were removed to
the USSR,. The large Urumchi Russian community dwindled to a handful.
b. After Governor' Sheng returned his allegiance to Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek0 in the Pall of 1943, there was 'a great influx of Chinese troops,
Parmers and laborers into Sinkiang. This influx of Chinese continued
until 29 Sep 49, when the Chinese officials in Sinkiang recogniied the
Chinese Peoples Government.
c. During the Soviet-sponsored Moslem uprising which started in Kuldja on
7 Nov 44 and which terminated in the separation of the Ui, Tarbagatai
and Altai Regions (East Turkistan People's Republic) from the rest of
Sinkiang, all the Chinese residents (men, women and children) of these
three regions were massacred.
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After the Kuldja uprising, most of the White Russian residents of the
Altai Region were forcibly relocated in Kuldja, or the USSR.
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There was a large influx of Soviet troop's, engineers, technicians
and advisors into the East Turkestan Peoplets Republic during and
after the Kuldja uprising of 7 Nov 44.
after 29 Sep 49, when Sinkiang went over to the
g00411.144sts, great numbers of Chinese laborers and Soviet technicians
were brought to Sinkiang. not only to exploit the natural resources
thnt:province'$,','butaise'tobuild-industries'there.
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