Shanshan County is located in the east of Turpan Basin at the southern foot of East Tianshan Mountain, 280 kilometers west of Urumqi and 340 kilometers east of Hami. By the end of February, 2065438+2009, the county had a total area of 39,800 square kilometers, governed 3 townships, 7 towns,/kloc-0 state-owned farms, 2 provincial industrial parks, 70 administrative villages and 29 communities, with a total population of 260,000.

Shanshan County consists of Han, Uygur, Hui, Kazak, Mongolian, Kirgiz, Xibe, Russian, Uzbek, Tatar, Manchu and other 19 ethnic groups.

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Shanshan, named after the name of the ancient Han Dynasty, is also called Piqiang, which means Malanchao in Uighur. Some people think that it is related to Puchang in the Tang Dynasty, and it is the meeting place of the "four major cultures" on the ancient Silk Road. In the 28th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1902), Shanshan County was established, and the county was established 1 16.

Shanshan county has distinctive geomorphological features, surrounded by mountains on three sides, facing Aiding Lake, close to the lowest sea level in the world. The country's terrain is high in the northeast and low in the southwest, forming a gentle slope. Because the northern part is bounded by Tianshan Mountain, the mountain is high and steep, and the southern part is desert Gobi and hilly area, which is relatively flat. The highest peak in the mountainous area with higher terrain is 4110.7m, and the lowest is located in the east of Aiding Lake in Turpan, with an altitude of153m.

Shanshan County People's Government Network-Overview of Shanshan

Shanshan county people's government network-Shanshan county physical geography