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Why Maralbexi Xinjiang is more than a fuel stop: how the Yarkand bends north at Bachu, Xiaohaizi reservoir, Tangwangcheng ruins, trains and honest tips.

Yengisar Xinjiang is more than a knife town. Apricot orchards, tightrope walkers, pottery kilns and a railway shape this oasis county south of Kashgar.

Xinyuan county Xinjiang is the county behind Nalati Grassland. Kunes River story, the 2026 airport closure, county seat vs Nalati town, food, seasons.

Gongliu county Xinjiang guide: wild apricot valleys in April, Kuerdening spruce forest, walnut gully, Chapqil reservoir, roads, stays and a 4-day loop.

Nileke County anchors the eastern end of the Ili Valley. Inside: a 2400-year-old copper mine, the Jilintai dam on the Kash River, and the S315 back door.

Wenquan county Xinjiang guide: the Alatau border valley, a Bronze Age stone maze, a protected salamander, cold-water trout, seasons and getting there.

Bole Xinjiang travel guide: Bortala’s quiet prefecture capital by Sayram Lake, with granite boulder valleys, Mongol history, trains, flights, a 3-day plan.

Shihezi Xinjiang is a planned oasis city built by the XPCC from 1950, with a museum, poet’s hall, vineyard and the Manas river grid you can still walk.

Jimsar county Xinjiang holds the Beiting ruins of the Tang Northern Protectorate. Read the walls, time your visit, and reach the site by bus from Urumqi.

Mulei county Xinjiang’s southern slope holds the easternmost Schrenk’s spruce belt in the Tianshan. Here’s how to time a drive into the forest valleys.