Where is the youngest and loneliest city in China, why is it the most earth-like place on earth, the city is called Mangya City, let's take a look at this unique and mysterious land.
Mangya City is located in the northwestern border of China's Qinghai Province, with a total area of 49,900 square kilometers, close to the size of eight Shanghais, with a total population of only 63,000, of which 55,000 are registered residents and 0.8 million are floating, involving 17 ethnic groups. Mangya City is surrounded by three uninhabited areas of Lop Nur, Argin and Coco Xili, and the eastern part is the endless Qaidam Desert, such a city geographical location is extremely rare in the world, there is no city within a radius of 350 kilometers, there is no county area within 200 kilometers, and few people usually involve this land, so it is called the loneliest city in China. Mangya City was merged into Mangya City in 2018 by the Mangya City Administrative Committee and the Cold Lake Administrative Committee, and the city level is a county-level city, and it has only been established for three years, so it is called the youngest city in China. It has been said that Sansha City, Hainan Province, founded in 2012, is the youngest city and loneliest city in China. In contrast, Mangya City is even worse. Although Mangya City was founded late, it is one of the oldest cities in China and has a deep historical heritage, with the Qiang people living here as early as the Han Dynasty. This is a necessary place for the ancient Silk Road, and it is also the place where Zhang Qian once passed through when he went to the Western Regions.
The average altitude of Mangya City is 3000 meters, which belongs to the typical highland continental climate, where there is less precipitation, large evaporation, dry and cold and lack of oxygen, and more sand and dust weather. In fact, the environment of Mangya is very harsh, so that few ordinary people come here to settle down and live, but this is not a closed place. The 315 National Highway and the Qinghai section of the Geku Railway run through the whole territory, which is the throat of Qinghai's entry into Xinjiang, known as the western gate of Qinghai, and is an important transportation hub in northwest Qinghai. Taohuagou Airport is the most convenient mode of transportation for outside passengers to enter and exit Mangya. Although Mangya is full of yellow sand and grass, but the tourism resources here are very rich, driving on the lonely 315 National Highway, along the way you can enjoy the beauty of the desert Gobi no man's land, you will find that desolation and loneliness are also another kind of beauty.
Aiken Springs
In addition to National Highway 315, Mangya also has a lot of unique tourist attractions, such as Oberang, which is a fantastic Yadan landform museum. Oberian is known as the least earth-like place on Earth, with a geomorphology very similar to Mars and China's first Mars simulation base. I believe that many friends have experienced the Mars camp here, the surrounding terrain is irregular, everything is caused by the magic of nature, standing here you will feel very shocked, in this red desolate land, you will doubt whether you are standing on the earth or Mars. It is said that due to the strange terrain, there is often a strange wind sound, the local rock contains special metals, so that this area produces a strong magnetic field, the compass is easy to fail in a strong magnetic environment, resulting in tourists can not distinguish the direction and get lost, so it is also called the City of the Devil, this unique beauty is unique in the country.
Mangya Emerald Lake
Between Kunlun Mountain and Argin Mountain, the rich minerals have created an artificial salt lake like emerald, due to the different concentrations of minerals in the lake, different colors have been formed, and the white salt and green water are intertwined, which is absolutely beautiful, so that tourists are born in the illusion, adding a touch of vitality to the vast desert. Not far from Emerald Lake is Aiken Spring, known as the Eye of the Devil, and because sulfur and other substances have been precipitated here for a long time, forming a reddish-brown circle, which looks like a demon's eye from above. The sulfur content in this area is extremely high, and even birds and beasts around the spring do not dare to approach, and where the spring water flows, there is no grass, and the name of the Demon Eye is worthy of the name. The two adjacent attractions are also good and evil, which are precisely out of nature's magic.
In addition, Mangya City also has famous attractions such as oil ruins, Thousand Buddha Cliffs, danxia landform hero ridge and so on. As a young and lonely city, most of the attractions here are unseen in other places, and its mystery and beauty are waiting for everyone to discover, explore, and experience.