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| | Overview of ili City |
 | | Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture is the western terminal of the Euro - Asian Continental Bridge, with the boundaries to China. |
 | | Furthermore, the prefecture furnishes ideal situational treasures of fertile land, many sunlight with 2, 821 hours a year and mild climate, which provide favorable conditions for the growth of wheat, maize, paddy rice, barley, rape, oil sunflower, sugar-beet, tobacco, flax, hops, sweet grass and kinds of vegetables and fruits. |
 | | Ili is an important processing base of grains, cooking oil, sugar, meat, food and forestry in the Autonomous Region. |
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