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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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Altay.

Altay is read through water that does not end in a desert lake. The Irtysh rises in Fuyun and runs north. Other Altay stories, including rock art and seasonal camps, remain open.

Altay

The snowflake that came off a rock

The first frame of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics film was a snowflake said to come from the Dundebulak painted cave in Altay, where skiing and hunting were carved more than ten thousand years ago. A museum curator wants the rock art scanned before it fades.

Altay

Altay

Irtysh

The river that rises in Fuyun and leaves China toward the Arctic.