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Turpan or Tulufan (Uyghur: تۇرپان, Turpan, Chinese: 吐魯番, Pinyin: Tǔlǔfān) is an oasis city in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It is located about 150 km southeast of Ürümqi, Xinjiang's capital, in a mountain basin, on the northern side of the Turfan Depression, at an elevation of 98 feet (30 meters) above sea level.Turpan has long been the centre of a fertile oasis (with water provided by the karez canal system) and an important trade centre. It was historically located along the Silk Road. At that time, other kingdoms of the region included Korla and Yanqi.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turpan
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Coordinates: 42°57'44"N 89°11'44"E
- Ürümqi 194 km
- Almaty 1008 km
- Biysk 1120 km
- Novokuznetsk 1233 km
- Barnaul 1243 km
- Kemerovo 1419 km
- Novosibirsk 1439 km
- Shymkent 1624 km
- Astana 1641 km
- Omsk 1786 km
- Qanat area east of Turpan 6.2 km
- Aydingkol 40 km
- Flaming Mountains 40 km
- Turfan Depression 40 km
- Wind Farm 52 km
- Lop Nur nuclear testing area 160 km
- Lop Nur Vertical Shaft Test Area 162 km
- Air base Uxxaktal (Malan) 185 km
- Bosten Lake 206 km
- Bosten Hu National Park 220 km