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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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Bogda

Snow, forest and Heaven Lake are the readable face of this component. The heritage boundary is not the same line as a scenic road.

Bogda

Heaven Lake below snow-streaked peaks, with dark conifer slopes on both sides.

Snow, then a lake

Bogda is the eastern anchor of the Xinjiang Tianshan, and Heaven Lake is how most people come close to it.

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  1. Heaven Lake: water under the Bogda snow, forest on the lower slopes.oldhouse.yin · CC BY-SA 3.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗