Archive for September, 2011
China vacations info – Urumqi travel info
This article is about the Urumqi travel and you can find some useful information in it if you are planning your Urumqi travel now.
Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is located in an alluvial fan-shaped basin on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains. The city opens on to the Junggar Basin in the north. In the Mongolian language, Urumqi means “Beautiful Meadow.”
To get here, you can take the plane and this trip is about 5 hours (from Shanghai to Urumqi). The airfare is not cheap: 2850 rmb for one way if you are not able to get some discount. (info for your China travel and vacations)