Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi)

Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) is a Wine region in China.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Wine region (not a registered GI)

Area

8,395,178 ha registered outline

Centre

42.4749° N, 89.2112° E

Legal basis

Wine GIs protected in China and listed in the EU-China agreement (2021). Counties as in the 2017 boundaries.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.

Where it is

Nearest town

53 km south of Turpan

Nearest city

197 km south-east of Ürümqi 3,029,372 people

To the sea

2,102 km

Same latitude

Rioja (Spain), Banyuls grand cru (France), Vranje (Serbia), Skadar Lake basin (Montenegro), Morellino di Scansano (Italy)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

-154–4,928 m

Mean elevation

1,922 m

Measured over the whole outline on 106,052 elevation cells of about 889 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Sources

geoBoundaries CHN ADM2 (2017) (Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL) v1.0)