Urumqi map guide for travel and living
Urumqi Travel Guide 
Urumqi is the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The city lies west of Bogda Mountain(part of the Tianshan Range) and at the southeastern edge of Junggar Basin. With a population of two million gaily-dressed ethnic inhabitants, the city is likened to a piece of emerald embedded at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains. It lies in the lofty ice-capped Bogda Peak and vast Salt Lake in the east; in the rolling pine-covered Southern hill, a well-known scenic district, in the south; and in the alternating fields and sand dunes of Zunggar Basin in the northwest. In recent years, the city of Urumqi has continuously developed its economy, industry, culture as well as tourism and transportation.
Tourist resources of Urumqi have its own advantages and distinctions, which are strategically important in the ancient Silk Road that assembles the cultures of both eastern and western countries. The most famous tourist spots among the numerous cultural relics and natural landscapes include the Heavenly Lake, the Southern Pastures, the Red Hill, the Southern Mosque, the Tartar Mosque, and the Xinjiang Regional Museum. Urumqi-'Beautiful Pasture,' unlike Las Vegas-'The Meadows' is not the first place you would go to for a decent, all you can eat buffet. Actually, Urumqi is not the first place you would go for a lot of things. Urumqi is the world's most remote city (in relation to any coastline.) In fact, the only thing close by is the 'Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility.' While you may have thought such a marker to be found at a nunnery in Warsaw, the true pole is relatively nearby, at 200 miles outside of this lonely capital. The city, the biggest in western China, boasts an industrial core and a solid population of over 2 million people. While isolated, the terrain is not without aesthetic charms. Urumqi sprawls in the shadow of the altitudinous, Bogda Peak, while, salinating to the east, you'll find a distinctly non-Mormon Salt Lake.
More choices for accommodation and dining, ranging from luxury hotels to budget hostels and from western restaurants to the local food street have been established. Nightlife in Urumqi provides multiple-range of choices such as watching the ethnic sing-and-dance show, tasting native delicacies in the night market, or simply hanging out in bars. Coming to Urumqi will not let you return to your country empty-handed. Shopping in the International Grand Bazaar is a pleasant experience. Bargain hunting for handicraft souvenirs such as rugs, carpets, Uygur-style hats, knitted sweaters, ethnic costumes, hand-made embroideries and jade carvings, will definitely draw your intense interest. |
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