Where is Tacheng in Xinjiang, China?

Tacheng area is located in the northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the middle of Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, which belongs to the arid and semi-arid climate zone in the middle temperate zone. It has jurisdiction over Tacheng, emin county, Yumin, Tori, Wusu, Shawan and Bukesaier Mongolian Autonomous Counties. Five counties (cities) border Kazakhstan with a border of 546 kilometers. There are 36 farms in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th divisions of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, with Karamay, Dushanzi Petrochemical Base and Kuitun as the hinterland. At present, there are 39 townships, 27 towns and 8 sub-district offices with a total area of 104546.958 square kilometers, accounting for 6. 12% of the total area of the autonomous region. Tacheng District Committee and Tacheng District Administrative Office of Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture are located in Tacheng. The urban area is 637 kilometers away from Urumqi, the capital of the autonomous region, and 832 kilometers away from Yining, where the Autonomous Prefecture People's Government is located.

There are 29 ethnic groups living in Tacheng, including Kazak, Han, Uygur, Mongolian, Hui, Kirgiz, Daur, Xibe and Russian, and there are 9 ethnic minorities with a population of 1000 or more. The total population of the region is 924,000, including 855,000 local people, 385,000 ethnic minorities, accounting for 45.2% of the local population, and 457,900 rural people, accounting for 53.6% of the local population. The total population of this area is 2 million, including 900,000 locals.

Tacheng area has fertile fields in the southern margin of Tacheng basin and some Junggar basins. The land is flat and fertile, and it is the base of grain, cotton, oil and sugar in the autonomous region, as well as the base of animal husbandry and meat in the autonomous region. With the opening of the Northern Xinjiang Railway, the Eurasian Continental Bridge and the opening of border ports, Tacheng has become an important window for foreign trade.