Aral
Aral is a town in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang and has about 2,300 residents and an elevation of 1,282 metres. Aral is situated nearby to the town Qongkol, as well as near Qiemo Town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qiemo Town and Cherchen.
Qiemo Town
Town
Photo: John Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The oasis town of Qiemo or Cherchen is the capital of Qiemo County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It is on the Qiemo River and at the foot of the Qilian Mountains, on the Southern Silk Route. Qiemo Town is situated 3½ km west of Aral.
Cherchen
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Qiemo County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Qarqan County, is a county under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south.
Aral
- Type: Town with 2,300 residents
- Also known as: “Ala’er” and “Aral Town”
- Categories: town of China and locality
- Location: Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
38.12703° or 38° 7′ 37″ northLongitude
85.57033° or 85° 34′ 13″ eastPopulation
2,300Elevation
1,282 metres (4,206 feet)Open location code
8MC74HGC+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 4694739372OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1281751Wikidata ID
Q14121660
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Aral” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “ārèlè xiāng”
- Chinese: “阿拉尔”
- Chinese: “阿热勒镇”
- French: “bourg d’Aral”
- French: “Bourg d’Aral”
- Gan Chinese: “阿热勒乡”
- Uighur: “Арал”
- Uighur: “ئارال بازىرى”
- Uighur: “ئارال”
- Ukrainian: “Арал”
- Wu Chinese: “阿热勒乡”
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