Abstract: Xinjiang,China is located in the hinterland of Asia-Europe and its strategic position is very important.Geographically,Xinjiang is mainly divided into three regions: Eastern Xinjiang,Southern Xinjiang,and Northern Xinjiang,with a total of 15 prefectures (cities).In recent years,the speed of urbanization and economic development in Xinjiang has been relatively fast,and by investigating the relationship between them,it is possible to provide a reference for urbanization and economic development in Xinjiang.This paper mainly analyzed the mutual promotion between urbanization and economic development in Xinjiang,and explored which one could have a stronger influence on the other.The paper used the social data from 2005 to 2016,the non-agricultural population to indicate the level of urbanization development,the per capita GDP to represent the level of economic development,and the industrial structure to specifically analyze the effects of urbanization on economic development and vice versa.The factor detection module in the geo-detector model detected the amount of interaction between the two parameters.The analysis found that the impact of urbanization process on economic development in Xinjiang has increased with time.Since 2009,the impact of urbanization on economic development has been greater than the impact of economic development on urbanization,indicating that Xinjiang is accelerating urbanization and the construction industry promotes regional economic development.

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urbanization, economic development, interaction, geographic detector model