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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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Hami.

Hami is the oasis before the road leaves Xinjiang toward Gansu. The city publishes a long list of melon names. Karez skill is also recorded here, but the national listing names Turpan as the representative place.

Hami

Many names for a melon

Hami's own site publishes a long list of melon names, which is a better introduction than a single origin story.

Four cards in one workshop

In Altun village, Huicheng township, a Hami muqam singer livestreams from a heritage workshop: a verse, then an embroidered bag. The township calls muqam, embroidery, peasant painting and gourd carving its four cards.

Hami

City corners

A short introduction

Hami oasis

The eastern cultivated country associated with a long list of melon names.