Luntai

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Luntai is a small oasis town and county in China’s Xinjiang region, situated along the northern edge of the Taklamakan Desert on the historic Silk Road.

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Luntai canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county-level division
oasis town
settlement
administrativeCenterOf Luntai County
administrativeStatus county seat
borderedBy Taklamakan Desert
country China
hasAlternativeName Bügür
Luntai County seat
hasClimate arid climate
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
animal husbandry
trade
hasEnvironment desert margin
hasGeographicalFeature oasis
hasHistoricalContext part of historical Silk Road network
hasLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Uyghur
linked to: Uyghur language
hasRole county seat of Luntai County
hasTransport highway connections
hasWaterSource oasis groundwater
historicalRole Silk Road trading stop
locatedIn Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
linked to: Xinjiang
locatedInContinent Asia
locatedInRegion southern Xinjiang
locatedInSubregion Central Asia
locatedInTimeZone China Standard Time
locatedOn historic Silk Road
linked to: Silk Road routes

northern edge of the Taklamakan Desert
locatedOnRoute ancient Silk Road northern route
partOf Tarim Basin
regionType oasis region
roadConnection China National Highway 218
China National Highway 314
subdivisionType county
town
utcOffset +8

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