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Jiaohe City in Xinjiang's Turpan

www.chinanews.cn 2005-09-27 16:07:57

Jiaohe City in Xinjiang's Turpan is the biggest, oldest and most
well-preserved city built with raw soil in the world and also best
preserved urban cultural relic of over 2,000 years of history in China.
In 1961, the city was listed among the first batch of cultural relics
under key national protection. At present, the Turpan region is applying
for the qualification of world cultural heritages for the Jiaohe City.
This city is ten kilometers to the west of Turpan. It is over 1,600
meters in length and 300 meters at the widest part. It is surrounded by
over 20-meter-high cliffs.

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