Which direction is Aksu, Xinjiang?
Aksu city is bordered by the Han Tengger Peak in Tianshan Mountain in the north, the Tarim River in the east, the Tianshan Mountains on the border between China and Kyrgyzstan in the west and the Tarim Basin in the south. It belongs to the alluvial plain belt of Aksu River, and the mainstream of Aksu River flows through the southern part of the city. "Aksu" means "white water" in Uighur. The altitude of the city is 1114.8 meters. It is 989 kilometers away from Urumqi and 466 kilometers away from Kashgar. In the Han Dynasty, it was the land of Gumo. The Tang Dynasty was Gumo Prefecture, which belonged to Anxi Hufu. In the Song Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of the Western Liao Dynasty, and in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it was the fief of Chahetai, the king of Mongolia. In the 24th year of Qing Qianlong (1759), the Minister of Aksu Affairs was established here, and in the 1th year of Guangxu (1884), Aksu Road (located in Wensu County today) was established after Xinjiang was established as a province. In the Republic of China, Aksu County was established. After 1949, it belonged to Aksu area. At the end of 1983, it withdrew from the county and set up a city, which is the seat of the administrative office of Aksu area. At the northern end of Aksu City, the famous "Kekeya Project"-the Three-North Shelterbelt stretches for dozens of kilometers, which is a spectacle, and it is very convenient for sightseeing by car.