Tuyoq or Tuyugou or Tuyuk () is an ancient

oasis In ecology, an oasis (; ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment'ksar''with its surrounding feeding source, the palm grove, within a relational and circulatory nomadic system.” The location of oases has been of critical imp ...

-village in the Taklamakan desert, 70 km east of Turpan in

Shanshan County Shanshan County () as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Piqan County (; ), is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Turpan ...

in a lush valley cutting into the Flaming Mountains, with a well preserved Uyghur orientation, and few tourists. It is famous for its seedless grapes and a number of ancient Buddhist meditation caves nearby containing frescos.Bonavia (2004), pp. 241-242. Coordinates: 42.858519, 89.691976 Mosque in Tuyoq 01

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* Bonavia, Judy (2004). ''The Silk Road: Xi'an to Kashgar''. Revised by Christoph Baumer. Odyssey Guides. Hong Kong. . Oases of China Turpan Villages in China {{Xinjiang-geo-stub