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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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Bosten Lake

The water authority's 2023 page is the source for the lake's rank, and that wording stays theirs. The cultural notice adds a market whose name points to Mongol memory of an eastward return. The lake is still the place.

Bosten Lake

Reed beds along the shore of Bosten Lake, with open water in front.

The large lake

Bosten is Bohu's broad freshwater lake. A heritage market on the shore carries a Mongol name, and the lake stays the subject.

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  1. Bosten's low shore: reeds, open water and no built edge.Rolfmueller · CC BY-SA 3.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗