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Which city is Kanas located in?

Altay Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Kanas refers to Kanas Lake. It is a national AAAAA tourist attraction, a national geological park, a national forest park, a Chinese nature reserve, a national natural heritage, a national low-carbon tourism experimental zone, the most beautiful lake in China, and Kanas Lake Snow The peaks stand on the green slopes and the mountains are so beautiful that it is known as "the wonderland on earth and the garden of gods".

The Altay region is a region of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and is under the jurisdiction of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The Altay region is located in the northern part of Xinjiang, bordering Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. The landforms are complex and diverse, with hot and dry summers and severe cold winters; the total area is 117,989.21 square kilometers.

The Altay region is about 422 kilometers long from east to west and 464 kilometers wide from north to south. From east to west, the southern Altay region is adjacent to Qitai County, Jimusar County, Fukang City, Changji City and Midong District of Urumqi City in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture; in the southwest, it is adjacent to Tacheng Prefecture and Buxel Mongolian Autonomous County. connected.

It borders Mongolia to the east, Kazakhstan to the west, and Russia to the north. The border is 1,197 kilometers long, of which the China-Kazakhstan border is 396 kilometers long, the China-Russia border is 54 kilometers long, and the China-Mongolia border is 747 kilometers long.

The landforms in the Altay region are complex and diverse, mainly divided into mountains, hills, plains and deserts. Mountainous areas account for about four-fifths of the area. The ridgeline of the Altai Mountains stretches for more than 800 kilometers along the borders of China-Kazakhstan, China-Russia, and China-Mongolia. It is located on the Friendship Peak on the China-Mongolia border. The main peak is 4,374 meters above sea level.