Korla – The City of Pears
Korla is a city of mid size, which is located in
central Xinjiang of China. It is under Bayingolin autonomous prefecture. It is
also known as Kuerle or Kurla. It is well known for the sweet smelling pears. This
city covers a total area over seven thousand square kilometres. In Uygur, the
term Korla refers to ‘overlook’. Korla is capital city of Bayin’gholin Mongol
prefecture.
Multi ethnic groups
The land of Korla is much higher at northern side. It
slopes to southern most part in an oasis of fertility with fan shape. The River
Kongque has its entire course in this region. It is surrounded by Tarim Basin
in northeast, branches of Tianshan Mountain in north – specifically Hualashan
Mountain and Kuluke Mountain and in southern part; it is surrounded by
Taklimakan Desert. There are many nationalities in Korla such as Hui, Han
ethnic group, Mongolian, Uygur, and more. The minorities count to nearly thirty
percent of entire population in Korla. The neighbouring areas of Korla City are
Yuli County, Hejing County, Bohu County, Luntai County and Heshuo County.
Extensive farmlands
It is known as a very prosperous city in China. It is
the largest centre after Karashahr. This city possesses extensive farmlands as
well as abundant water. After sighting of oil at Taklimakan Desert, it has made
Korla a very populous and developed one. It is now a home to a big operational
centre for exploration of petroleum in Xinjinag. The aromatic pears produced in
Korla are very popular due to its flavour as well as sweetness. Therefore,
Korla is also known as the city of pears. The temperature of this city on
average is 11.4 degree Celsius annually. The climate at Korla is warm temperate
and continental dry type. Every year, they get sunshine for two thousand nine
hundred and ninety hours. On average, the frost free period is for two hundred
and ten days.
Travel Tips
Korla, being on old Silk Road can be reached by plane,
bus, or train. The transportation hub at Korla is four hundred seventy
kilometres away from Urumqi and two hundred eighty kilometres far from Kuqa. One
can get flights from Urumqi daily. There are eight flights between Urumqi and
Korla. The duration of travel from Urumqi is just thirty minutes. To reach
Korla, one can get flights from other provinces like Beijing, Chengdu, and
Jinan. Korla Airport is in fact a small cab travel away.
Korla railway station is located in city’s south
eastern corner. Get train from Kashgar and Urumqi to reach Korla. There are
train services to Turpan, Xi’an, Hami, Chengdu and Lanzhou too. At Beishan
road, there is a bus station. By bus, one can start from Yining, Hotan, Urumqi,
Kashgar, Ruoqiang and Kuqa. It takes six hours to reach Korla from Urumqi.
There is a newly constructed dessert road which passes through Taklimakan. This
road reaches Heitan City and Minfeng County. The appropriate time to have a visit
to Korla is from the month of August to September because of very comfortable climatic
conditions.
View the City of Pears soon!
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