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¡¡Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the largest province in China, lies
in the middle of Eurasian Continent. This is one of the areas in the
world, which is farthest from any seas. Xinjiang shares borders with eight
countries, Mongolia in the Northeast, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kirghizstan
and Tadzhikistan in the Northwest, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India in the
South. Its borderline is about 5400 kms long. It is a land of more than
1600000 square kms, one-sixths of the total territory of China; its
territory is three times larger than the territory of France, 7 times
larger than that of UK, or four and half times larger than that of
Japan. ¡¡¡¡Xinjiang is unique with its natural geographical features. It
is in this land that you can enjoy almost all kinds of natural wanders
except seas and oceans in the world: snow-capped peaks and ridges and
glaciers bordering with Gobi-deserts, High-mountain lakes hiding in the
endless forests, rivers flowing hundreds of miles through deserts and
grasslands, beautiful grassland extending as far as one's eye can reach,
desert mirages appearing here and there, as if the reflections of the
ancient towns and oasis villages coming back to host you. Xinjiang is also
unique with its natural resources; oil reserves, coal reserves and metal
reserves are the richest in China. The magnificent land nourishes its
people, no matter where you are, in oases or grassland, you may see people
of different ethnic groups, and enjoys their unique cultures. ¡¡¡¡The
Tianshan Mountain Ranges, one of the largest in Asia, lie in the middle of
Xinjiang, dividing it into north and south. To the south of the Tianshan
Mountains lies the largest basin of China: the Tarim Basin, in the heart
of which the great and mysterious the Taklamakan Desert lies deadly
silent. The Basin and Desert have seen great changes of the nature and
ancient civilizations and have left rich treasures. No one would not
admire the countless ruins and sites of the ancient Central Asian
civilizations, which were created by the peoples in the long
history. ¡¡¡¡The Tarim Basin is circled by great mountains. In the North
is the Tianshan Mountains, in the West, lies the Pamirs -- the Roof of the
World; in the South and Southwest faces the Kunlun Mountain Ranges,
Kara-kunlun Mountains and Alkin Mountains. Of the world's fourteen peaks
which are above 8000 meter elevation, four are in Xinjiang, with the K2,
at elevation 8611 meters, the second highest in the world. There are
eleven peaks of the mountain systems open to mountain climbing. In
addition, these great mountain ranges, with hundreds of year-round
snow-covered peaks and ridges, feed 19091 glaciers, which function as ¡°the
solid reservoirs or II natural source of reservoirs" that not only feed
grassland, forests as well as varieties of plants and wild animals, but
also provide the Tarim Basin with the source of life - water, thus making
Central Asials largest oasis group. The glaciers and accumulated snow of
the mountains nourishes the largest inland river of China -- the Tarim
River, which flows through the Basin, together with other smaller rivers
and countless lakes and pools, nurtures the oases embedded along the edges
of the Basin with what is called "life-blood" water. Thus, since the very
ancient times, oasis towns have developed. Declined and disappeared, then
developed again with changing river beds, with over forty ruins of ancient
towns being discovered in or along the Basin. So today, there are the
names of the series of oasis towns like pearls stretching along the
Taklamakan: Kurle, Kuche, Baichen, Aksu, Kashgar, Shache (Yakand), Hotian,
Qiemo, Ruoqiang, etc. And Turpan, which is called " the land of fire ",
and Shanshan, well known for its Hami Melons, is situated to the south of
the Tianshan Mountains, controlling the important transportation line
between the South and North Xinjiang. ¡¡¡¡The Zhungar Basin, the second
largest in the region, is to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, which
used to be a vast sea and wet land with forests and grassland hundreds of
millions of years ago. Though now it is hard to trace its glorious past,
the evolution of nature has left us with mysteries and wonders: rich oil
and coal reserve, large areas of petrified trees, eastern part of the
North Xinjiang includes Yili, Tacheng and Boenala, and the landscapes are
characteristic of mountains and basins, with luxuriant natural forests and
pastures, which are so beautiful that they are called ¡°lush southern type
land north of the Great Wall¡± in China. ¡¡¡¡Hami City is in the eastern
Xinjiang, which is a key gate to Xinjiang from the East. ¡¡¡¡Xinjiang
holds quite a lot of the first places II in China. It is one of the most
important areas of animal husbandry production, one of the few important
bases of the country for cotton, sugar and grain; And with its abundant
resources of oil, gas and other minerals, Xinjiang is eventually
developing into an important base of China¡¯s energy
production. ¡¡¡¡Xinjiang is well known for its fruits and melons, of the
famous fruits and melons, grapes of Turpan, Hami melons of Shanshan,
apples of Yili River Valley, fragrant pears of Kurle and white apricots of
Kuche, enjoy high reputation both in China and abroad. Xinjiang, a
mysterious and prosperous land, attracts more and more tourists from all
over the world with its vastness and unique characters.
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Located in the very heart of East China, Hefei has got fairly
convenient transport system--a cobweb of air, railway and road transport
facilities link the city with most other important destinations. Airport
Ching Xinjiang Airlines Corp. was set up in 1985.Twenty-four domestic
flight lines have been opened up in succession,including such lines as
Urumchi-Beijing,Urumchi-Guangzhou,Urumchi-Shanghai, Urumchi-Chengdu,etc.
and four international lines,i.e. have already been come into
operation;Urumchi has opened up to now 12 airports,of which Urumchi
Airport is located in the northwest of Umurchi City,18 km from the city
port.It takes a half hour's drive by the airport bus to Hongshan CAAC
Booking Office in the urban district.
Railway station¡¡
¡¡¡¡The railway network of Urumchi covers a distance of 2038.7
kilometers,of which Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway starts at Sulehe Railway
Station in the east and ends at Alashankou Raiway Station in the
west.Urumchi railways link up Beijing, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Xi'an,Chengdu,
Lanzhou, Yumen,etc. in addition to overseas countries such as Kazakstan
and Russia.
Bus station
The complete highway network of Xinjiang has basically taken shape
£¬with Urumchi as center of the network.Amoung them Urumchi-Yining Highway
is the main of northern Xinjiang;Daheyuan-Karsh Highway is the main artery
of southern Xinjiang;Lanzhou-Xinjiang,Qinghai-Xinjiang and Xinjiang-Tibet
Highways are trunk roads linking other provinces.
City transport
There are over 80 bus routes in the city, carrying locals and travelers
to virtually every corner of town. The most frequently used buses are bus
No.1 and No.10. The former goes from the railway station to the city
center while the latter from the railway station to the hotel area. There
are also hundreds of taxis in the city, and fares to most areas should not
exceed RMB30.To the Yellow Mountain: The best way is to take train No.5049
departing at 12:55 and arriving at 20:58.To Jiuhuashan: The best way is to
take a long-distance bus that goes via Tongling for around five hours
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