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	Turpan
		Turpan basin is the Flaming Mountains which extends a hundred kilometers from east to west and dozens of kilometers from north to south.
		During the past 30 years the Turpan people have undertaken large scale forestation, planting trees at the desert frontier and around their fields to break the wind and protect the crops.
		The Flaming Mountains, lying in the middle of the Turpan Depression and running from east to west, are one of the branch ranges of the Tianshan Mountains and were formed in the organic movements of the Himalayas fifty million years ago.
	www.chinatoday.com.cn /English/chinatours/turpan.htm (0 words)

	Turpan Attractions: Turpan Trip, Turpan Holidays, Turpan Vacation
		Turpan, locate in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is noted for its tasty grape in China.
		The Ancient City of Jiaohe,Located in the Yarnaz Valley 13 kilometers (8 miles) west of Turpan it used to be the capital of the State of South Cheshi, one of the 31 states in the Western Region.
		The Ancient City of Jiaohe, situated to the west of Turpan, is another set of ruins from an ancient city on the Silk Road.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /attraction/xinjiang/turpan (922 words)

	Turpan Tourism Attractions - CHINA TOURS TAILOR
		Turpan is located between 4215' - 4335' north latitude and 8829' - 8954' east longitude; lies in the Turpan Basin at the southern foot of the Tianshan Range in the eastern part of Xinjang; a key point on the ancient silk road.
		Standing 2 km (1.24 miles) east of Turpan, Emin Minaret was built in 1777 in honor of the heroic Turpan general, Emin Khoja.
		Turpan, a place truly flowing with milk and honey in the Turki language, is famous for its fruits.
	www.chinatourstailor.com /guide/city/Turpan.htm (984 words)

	Turpan Travel guide － Xinjiang China Travel Service
		Turpan Ancient City of Kharakhoja (Chinese name is Gaochang Gucheng) is located near the seat of the “Flaming Mountains” Township forty-six kilometers southeast of the city of Turpan.
		Turpan Emin Tower (“The Tower for Showing Gratitude to Eminhoja”) also called “Sugong Tower” and “The Turpan Tower” by the local Uygur people, is located two kilometers east of the city of Turpan.
		Turpan Grape Valley (Putao gou) : is situated in a canyon, west side of Fire Mountain and 15 km northeast of the seat of Turpan County.
	www.travel-china.net /en/turpan/attraction.html (348 words)

	Turpan,Turpan tour,Turpan guide,silk road tour,Brief Introduction About Turpan
		Turpan is a land that has the best of historical relics and ruins of an ancient culture.
		Today, the people of Turpan are in the midst of an opening-up environment, and they are striving for the prosperity of the land and contributing their all to its four modernizations.
		The total area of the Turpan Prefecture is 6,728 square kilometers consisting of Turpan City, Shanshan County and Toksun County inhabited by a population of 460,000 composed of Uygurs,Hans and Huis.
	www.silkroadcn.com /turpaninfo.htm (3707 words)

	Turpan Travel Guide: Turpan Tour, Turpan Hotel, City Map, Climate, China Trip Turpan: Travel China Guide.com
		Turpan is an old city with a long history.
		Occupying an area of 15,738 square kilometers (6,076.5 square miles), Turpan City Prefecture is located to the southeast of Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
		Turpan is praised as the 'Hometown of Grapes' and the Grape Valley is a good place to enjoy the grapes of hundreds of varieties.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /cityguides/turpan.htm (0 words)

	Terrific Turpan
		On the fringes of Turpan you will see their drying houses, intriguing structures built of mud-brick laid to a perforated course to allow in the right mix of light and wind to shrivel the grapes.
		As you walk around Turpan, you may well hear the sound of Uygurs playing their tamburs (a stringed instrument) and the sounds of male and female dancers and their audience having a good time, and not for the tourists but for their own entertainment.
		Because of the karez wells, Turpan has always been an essential stop on the Silk Road and a welcome one for travellers (especially caravan traders) who had to contend with an arduous journey from the west over or along the fringe of the Taklimakan desert, one of our planet's most inhospitable environments.
	www.users.on.net /~chrisoaten/turpan.html (1489 words)

	Travel in Turpan - China - Asia - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		Turpan, the hottest city in China, is a model Silk Road oasis.
		Turpan is considered as the "Grape Country" in China.
		The biggest sand dunes in Turpan area are at the Kumutag Mountain, 6,5 km from east to west 32 km from north to south, Covering an area about 200 square km.
	www.asiatravelling.net /china/turpan/turpan_culture.htm (662 words)

	1World2travel - [Dutch] Turpan (Turfan)
		Turpan ligt in het Turpanbekken, dat 50.000 vierkante kilometer groot is, of bijna tweemaal ons land.
		De oase van Turpan is 10.300 vierkante kilometer groot, één derde van België.
		Turpan bestaat uit twee, in feite etnische, gedeelten.
	www.1world2travel.com /article.php?articleID=373 (818 words)

	Turpan-The Silk Road travel guide
		Lying in the center of the Turpan basin is the Flaming Mountains which extends a hundred kilometers from east to west and dozens of kilometers from north to south, the famous ancient Silk Road.
		The Flaming Mountains, lying in the middle of the Turpan Depression and running from east to west, are one of the branch ranges of the Tianshan Mountains and were formed in the organic movements of the Himalayas fifty million years ago.
		It was built by Turpan prefecture commandant Su Laiman to commemorate and praise his father Eminhoja who achieved brilliant military success in suppressing the armed rebellion raised by the Jungar aristocrats.
	www.cnhomestay.com /city/cityguides/turpan.htm (3742 words)

	China Xinjiang Turpan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Turpan Prefecture, with a total area of 69,700 square kilometers, lies in the Turpan Depression at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains in the middle of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
		Turpan Prefecture is surrounded by the Bogda Mountains in the north, the Karawuquntag Mountains in the west, the Jueluotag Mountains in the south and the Kumtag Mountains in the southeast.
		The Flaming Mountains, lying in the middle of the Turpan Depression and running from east to west, are one of the branch ranges of the Tianshan Mountains and were formed in the orogenic movements of the Himalayas fifty million years ago.
	www.china-holiday.com /china/turpan.htm (1428 words)

	Turpan Travel Guide, Turpan Guide
		Turpan is a remote desert city in the far west of China, one of the lowest places on earth, where rain never falls and summers are scorching hot.
		Many monuments bear witness to the importance of Turpan as a Silk Road city.There are 14 unites of the cultural relies, which are the protected by the country.
		Located approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Turpan, with the beautiful wilderness area and the peculiar geographical surroundings, the Aydingkol Lake attracts many foreign and local tourists to see the splendid vivid reds, greens, yellows and purples presented by the many plants that thrive here such as reeds, tamarisks and the many other shrubs and plants.
	www.discoverchinatours.com /cityguide/cityguide_turpan.htm (1412 words)

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		Turpan is the chief town of the Turpan depression, the second lowest point (505 ft/154 m below sea level) in the world.
		Turpan is an agricultural oasis, famed above all for grapes.
		At the time of 20 BC to 200 AD...The Turpan oasis was a crucial point along the Northern Silk Road, and the cities of Ediqut, and later Astana (both of whose ruins can be visited from Turpan), were important and wealthy centres of power.
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	Turpan Cityguide
		Turpan is also famous to be the place where the first dumpling(jiao zi) has been found several thousand years ago when already turned into stone.
		n chinese "huoyan shan"...situated in the middle of the Turpan Depression and running from east to west, are one of the branch ranges of the Tianshan Mountains and were formed in the organic movements of Himalayas fifty million years ago.
		Situated on the north route of the ancient Silk Road, the Flaming Mountains have many cultural relics and the well-known story of the Monkey King (a leading figure in the Chinese classical novel "Journey to the West"), who extinguished the flame with a magic fan.
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	Silk Road Tours - Far East - China - Turpan
		Also known as Turfan or Tulupan in Chinese, it is a remote desert city in the far west of China, one of the lowest places on earth, where rain never falls and summers are scorching hot.
		Turpan was once an important staging post on the Silk Road and its large oasis produces most of the best grapes in China.
		You can see the ancient Karez system of irrigation whereby the melted snow from the surrounding mountains is brought down to the town in underground channels, all dug by hand and stretching around some 3000km.
	www.silkroadandbeyond.co.uk /turpan.html (289 words)

	WaterHistory.org
		The oasis at Turpan, located in the desert expanse of northwestern China (PRC), owes it surprisingly lush green environment to the karez (a.k.a.
		The basin surrounding Turpan has been the long-time haunt of the Uyghurs (a mixed Turki-Mongol ethnic group that is the majority in Xinjiang Provence).
		Turpan was once one of the crossroads of central Asia.
	www.waterhistory.org /histories/turpan (1108 words)

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		Situated on the northern edge of the Turpan basin, and stretching over 100 km long and 10km wide, this is an intensely hot part of the desert with not a single blade of grass to be seen for miles.
		East of Turpan are the ruins of Gaochang Ancient City (Gaochang Gucheng), the Uigur city-state that ruled the area from around the 9th century to the 13th.
		The area around Turpan is known for its wealth of fruit orchards and vineyards and in the late summer, the grapes are ripe and this is a wonderful time to visit the valley.
	www.abacustour.com /turpan.htm (1840 words)

	Travel in Turpan - China - Asia - History - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		Turpan, which has a long history, was a key town on the ancient Silk Road.
		It is one of Xinjiang's most fascinating cities, known for its strange landscape, wealth of places of historical interest, abundance of fruits and rich resources of ethnic culture.
		Aydingkol Lake, about 50 km (31 miles) southeast of Turpan, is a salt puddle at the bottom of the second lowest continental basin in the world, 154.33 meters (505 feet) below sea level next only to the Dead Sea 391 meters (1282.48 feet).
	www.asiatravelling.net /china/turpan/turpan_history.htm (411 words)

	Turpan travel guide
		Turpan used to be one of the most important cities on the silk road.
		In and around Turpan are many sights that remind you of its earlier fame.
		Jaohe is 10 km to the west of Turpan.
	www.world66.com /asia/northeastasia/china/xinjiangprovince/turpan (236 words)

	Turpan Travel Attractions - Silk Road Adventures China
		Construction of this religious tower and mosque complex began in 1777 at the request of the then ruler of Turpan Emin Khoja.
		In the novel the monk encounters a wall of flames, an apt description for these mountains, but is able to extinguish them with help from his companion the Monkey King.
		On the western face of the Flaming Mountains, east of Turpan is the Grape Valley.
	www.silkroute.cn /turpan-travel.htm (650 words)

	Turpan, China
		Turpan lies in northwest China in the center of the Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, in the valley of the same name; the latter covers an area of 50,000sq.km/19,300sq.mi and, being 154m/505ft below sea-level, is the second lowest region on earth after the Dead Sea.
		Turpan is three hours by train or five hours by bus from the regional capital Ürümqi.
		Around the middle of the 7th C the Tang dynasty established a government in Turpan to ensure better control of the surrounding regions.
	www.planetware.com /china/turpan-chn-xj-t.htm (306 words)

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