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Xinjiang province
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Xinjiang (Xinjiang) is one of the most exciting provinces in China. This is a vast area covering 966,000 square meters, 16% of China's land surface and situated 3000 km from the coast. Xinjiang borders Mongolia, CIS Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Resourcefully rich and ethnically diverse, this province today attracts many adventurous travelers, keen to discover something about the western area of China. |
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Urumqi| The capital and largest city,Urumqi has the distinction of being the most landlocked city in the world....... |
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| Turpan| Turpan lies in a desert basin at the southern foot of the Heavenly Mountains.Part of the basin,called the Turpan Depression , lies 505 ft below sea level , the hottest and lowest spot in China and the second to west point in the world, after the Dead Sea . The oasis town of Turpan has a population of just under a quarter of a million people;79% are minorities, mostly Uighur. ...... |
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