Baluntai () is a town in north-central

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Uyghur Autonomous Region of Northwest China. It is located in the mountainous area north of Hejing Town (和静镇), the seat of

Hejing County Hejing County is located in the central-southern part of the Tian Shan mountains of Xinjiang, in the north-west of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. The northernmost county-level division of Bayingolin, it borders Ürümqi City to the nort ...

, which administers it. It borders Ke'erguti Township (克尔古提乡) on the east, Bayinbulak on the west, and

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Prefecture on the north. Baluntai's total area is 3,020 km², with 123,600 ''mu'' (82.4 km²) of forest and 3.2 million ''mu'' ( km²) of pasture. It had a population of 10,521 in 2008, among which more than 75% are

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s. Economy of Baluntai is supported by livestock breeding and tourism.

Transport

Baluntai is served by China National Highways 216 and

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, and the Southern Xinjiang Railway.

Sights

* Huang Temple (aka Yong'an Temple), one of the sacred places and prestigious

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temples for

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school of

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, is located in Baluntai.

External links

Official site of Baluntai
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