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Places, connected

Cities and places across Xinjiang

From the Tian Shan to the Tarim Basin, this regional view places the magazine’s cities and selected sites in context. City markers are approximate orientation points; peaks indicate summits, not heritage boundaries or entrances.

Xinjiang · China
Ürümqi Changji Karamay Turpan Hami Ili Bortala Altay Tacheng Bayingolin Aksu Kashgar Hotan Kizilsu Ürümqi Grand Bazaar Bogda Grape Valley Yar City Tomur Kizil Caves Jiya

Simplified physical geography · orientation only

These places remain in the list without map markers because the available coordinates do not identify a reliable point.

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Aksu.

Aksu Prefecture is met here at two sites that do not explain each other. Tomur is a World Heritage mountain component. The Kizil caves are a Silk Roads cliff of rock-cut temples. Oasis streets and other ruins stay outside these two readings.

Aksu

The western anchor

Tomur is the western high component of the Xinjiang Tianshan, set between desert basins and not defined by a lakeside walk.

Caves in the cliff

Kizil is a complex of Buddhist chambers cut into rock at Baicheng. Open rooms decide what a visitor can see.

Aksu

Aksu

Tomur

The western high component of the Xinjiang Tianshan, in Wensu County.

Aksu

Kizil Caves

Rock-cut Buddhist cave temples at Baicheng, Silk Roads component 1442-025.