Ruoqiang County, the largest county in China, was once a must for the ancient Silk Road and the hometown of Loulan beauties.
Ruoqiang County is located in the southeast of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the southeast edge of the Taklamakan Desert, west and the end, north of Yuli County, Shanshan County and Hami City, east of Gansu Province, Qinghai Province, south of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the administrative area of 202,300 square kilometers, accounting for about 1/8 of the total area of Xinjiang, is twice the area of Jiangsu Province.
Location map of Ruoqiang County
The population of the county is only more than 80,000 people, the main ethnic group is the Uyghur ethnic group, in 2020 to achieve a regional GDP of 5.615 billion yuan, in 2021 Ruoqiang County as the only three counties in xinjiang shortlisted for the national cultural top 100 counties, Ruoqiang County has a very rich cultural tourism resources.
Statue of Lou Lan Beauty
Ruoqiang County administers two management committees, four towns, four townships, and one regiment, namely Qiman Management Committee, Lop Nur Management Committee, Ruoqiang Town, Yitunbulak Town, Luobu Po Town, Washixia Town, Tieganlik Township, Wutamu Township, Temulik Township, Qimantag Township, and the 36th Regiment of the Second Agricultural Division.
Geographical location of each division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
The mountains and basins in Ruoqiang County are interspersed, and the terrain is diverse, with the terrain being high in the south and low in the north, sloping from southwest to northeast. The whole landform can be roughly divided into four parts: the southern mountainous area, the central alluvial plain, divided into three oases with dotted distribution in the washi gorge, the ruoqiang county town, and milan, the northeast is the Lop Nur wind erosion lake plain and the Kumtag desert, and the northwest is the Taklamakan alluvial desert plain.
Schematic map of Ruoqiang County
Along the Tarim River and the lower reaches of the Chelchen River, the river floodplain and river terraces are vast areas, with natural poplar forests, red willows, shuttles, reeds and other trees, shrubs, grass desert vegetation, which is a plain forest pastoral area in Ruoqiang County, forming a famous desert natural green corridor that runs through the north and south for more than 160 kilometers and is about 5-10 kilometers wide.
The Geku Railway crosses Lake Tema in Ruoqiang County
Ruoqiang has a long history and profound cultural heritage, there are 4 national cultural relics protection units, 6 autonomous region-level protection units, distributed in the ruins of Loulan Ancient City, Milan Ancient City Ruins, Xiaohe Cemetery, the mysterious Lop Nur; the country's largest and most complete preserved animal and plant kingdom - Argin Mountain Nature Reserve, the country's only Argin Mountain - Lop Nur Wild Camel Conservation Area.
Natural scenery in Ruoqiang County
Since ancient times, Ruoqiang County has been the second strategic passage from the interior to Central Asia and Xinjiang to the interior, and was also a necessary route for the ancient "Silk Road", with outstanding geographical advantages and a very important strategic position.
The Tarim River in autumn
Ruoqiang County has many specialties, such as dates, peppers, tomatoes, etc., but the most famous is the Ruoqiang red dates, Ruoqiang County precipitation is scarce, high temperature and dry, large temperature difference between day and night, especially suitable for the growth of red dates, the formation of Ruoqiang red dates thin skin, thick flesh, small core, sweet, rich nutrition.
Ruoqiang specialty - red dates
Ruoqiang County has a long history and rich products, and was once an important distribution center for cultural exchanges, mutualization and dissemination of various cultures. The ancient Loulan of the past, the new Ruoqiang of the present dynasty. Ruoqiang is a hot land to be developed in western China, and the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in ruoqiang who are striving are welcoming the people of the whole country to come to visit and travel with an open attitude.