Xinjiang currently has a total of 32 large and small cities, including 4 prefecture-level cities and 28 county-level cities. Among these cities, there is one older city that has always had a strong sense of existence, that is, artush city, how many people in other provinces have heard of Artush?
Artush City, Xinjiang
Artush City was established in June 1986 as a city in the southern Xinjiang region, located in the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, on the western edge of the Tarim Basin, and in the northwest next to the small Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan. Artush is the capital of Kyzyl-Su Kirgiz Autonomous Oblast, with a total area of 15,500 square kilometers and a population of 270,000, making it a small and medium-sized city.
Map of the area around Artush City, Xinjiang
Although Artush is the capital of the Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, only about 11% of the population in Artush is actually Kyrgyz, most of them are Uyghurs, accounting for 81.43% of the total population, and han Chinese make up 7.28% of the total population, as well as a small number of other ethnic groups.
Downtown Artush, Xinjiang
Among the poverty-stricken areas in China, the three prefectures of southern Xinjiang are mainly Kashgar, Hotan and Kyzyl Suzhou, and Artush is the capital of Kezhou among the three prefectures of southern Xinjiang. Artush has long been a poor county, and it was not until January 24, 2020, that Artush city withdrew from the ranks of poor counties.
Night view of Artush
The area of Artush City is about the same as that of Beijing, but the terrain here is high in the north and low in the south, the altitude is between 1200 and 4562 meters, the mountainous area accounts for 65% of the total area, the Gobi and desert account for 18%, the oasis area accounts for only 15%, and the city of Artush still has a lot of land that has not been developed.
Map around the city of Artusz
The traffic conditions in Artush City, Xinjiang are convenient, Kashgar International Airport is only 30 kilometers away from Artush City, and there is also the Southern Xinjiang Railway and 314 National Highway passing through Artush City. Artush is the closest city to Kashgar, and the two cities are like twin stars in southern Xinjiang.
Near National Highway 314 Atush
Artush Gate of Heaven
Artush City has no particularly well-known attractions, the most worth visiting is the Artush Tianmen Scenic Area, located in artush City, Artush Township West Tianshan South, on the right wall of the Tianmen There is a honeycomb-like stone cave, where you can hear echoes when you speak.
Xinjiang Artush Tianmen Scenic Area
The Artush Gate of Heaven was identified by Adventure Magazine as one of the 20 most explorable scenic spots in the world, which is magical. In addition, there are also attractions in Artush City, Such as Artush Grand Canyon, Artushhara Strange Rock Forest, Hala-Jun Thousand Year Ancient Willow Forest, And Shorekule Salt Lake and so on.
Scenery of Tianmen in Artush, Xinjiang
The city of Artusz not only has good scenery, but also delicious melons and fruits. Xinjiang has been the home of melons and fruits since ancient times, and Turpan grapes, cantaloupes, Korla fragrant pears, Aksu apples, Hotan jujubes, and Artush figs are all famous.
City of Artusz
Because artush is located on the western edge of the Tarim Basin, there are four distinct seasons here, with sufficient light and heat, drought and little rain, and the light and heat conditions of water and soil are better, and the sunshine time is long. Such climatic conditions give Artush a unique advantage in growing melons and fruits.
An oasis near the city of Artush in Xinjiang
Artush is the home of figs, where the figs grown are large, green in color when young, and gradually become pale yellow and golden yellow as the fruit ripens, as large as sugar buns, so the local people call figs "sugar buns on the trees".
Artush's figs were ripe
In the season when the figs are ripe, there are stalls selling figs everywhere in the streets of Artush, fresh figs in summer and autumn, and dried figs in winter and spring.
Dried figs of Artush
Fresh figs
Fresh figs are sweet and juicy, sweet but not greasy, refreshing and delicious, and figs are very nutritious, with the reputation of "fruit queen".
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Xinjiang Artush large dried figs ¥35 purchase
In addition to figs, Artush also has local specialties such as munagh grapes, Karakusai melons, Juana apricots, etc. Artush is a veritable home of melons and fruits, and everyone is welcome to Come to Artush, Xinjiang.
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