Why visit Ālā'ĕr
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 1 park or trail, 1 place to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Tarim University.
Weather in Ālā'ĕr
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About Ālā'ĕr
Aral (Uyghur: ئارال), also known as Alar (Chinese: 阿拉尔), is a sub-prefecture-level city surrounded by Aksu Prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Aral means "island" in Uyghur.
From the Wikipedia article Aral, Xinjiang (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
According to Radio Free Asia, a United States government-funded news service, Aral was created in the 1950s by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps to facilitate Han Chinese immigration to the region.
Aral became a city in 2002 and its population increased to 166,205 in 2010.
On January 23, 2013, 474.208 km2 (183.093 mi2) of territory was transferred from Awat County (Awati) to Aral city and 802.733 km2 (309.937 mi2) of territory was transferred from Aksu city (Akesu) to Aral city.
From the History section of Aral, Xinjiang on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schools, colleges and libraries7
Map of Ālā'ĕr
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Getting there and nearby towns
Aral Talim Airport (ACF) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 12 km away.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- 20231216 G217 Highway in Aral 01, Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 三五九旅屯垦纪念馆 359th Brigade Reclamation Memorial Hall, HaziiDozen, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 20231217 G217 Highway in Aral 02, Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 20231216 Tarim River Bridge in Aral, Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 20231216 Tarim River in Aral 02, Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 20231216 Tarim River in Aral 01, Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 20231216 Aral Railway Station 02, Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 阿拉尔站, Aral Railway Station, HaziiDozen, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 20231216 Aral Railway Station 01, Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS037-E-283 - View of Kazakhstan, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS037-E-282 - View of Kazakhstan, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS045-E-64865 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS041-E-53014 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS037-E-281 - View of Kazakhstan, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS045-E-64863 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS045-E-64864 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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