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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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Ili.

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture has its own counties and the city of Yining. Tacheng and Altay are administered with it in the state system and are kept here as separate regions so their rivers are not folded into Yining.

Ili

Apples before the orchard

In Xinyuan's Almale Township the wild apple is a forest tree, sour and variable, not a shop variety.

A street that still cooks

Kazanqi in Yining is an old neighbourhood street for naan, dairy and small making, not a mountain view.

Ili

Ili

Kazanqi

An old street in Yining where naan, dairy and small crafts are shown in place.

Ili

Xinyuan wild fruit forest

Wild apples in Almale Township, Xinyuan County, above the Ili valley.

Ili

Kalajun-Kuerdening

A World Heritage component of meadow and forest in Tekes and Gongliu.
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  1. Kalajun: meadow, flock and the Tianshan rim, in the Ili component of the property.Akira CA · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗