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Yining
China, an East Asian country is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. It has a vast cultural history of more than five thousand years and an outstanding natural beauty. On the other hand, this country has remained a comparatively isolated and secluded one, and being a land of mystery, this country is not known to the western half of the world. However, China is rapidly developing and has grown in the phase of modernization, with an immense speed and is also welcoming the outer world to interact and do business with them.
Yining is a city in western Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous region of northwestern China, and the capital of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The total population was 280,000 in 1999. Yining was seized by the Russians in 1871 during Yakub Beg's independent rule of Kashgaria. Yining became the capital of an autonomous district in 1954. Yining is located on the Ili River in the Dzungarian basin, near the border with Kazakhstan, and about 390 kilometers west of Urumqi. The Ili River valley is far wetter than any other part of Xinjiang and has rich grazing land.
Yiningis a prefecture level city which is surrounded by various countries. The city supports modernization and values business. Various industries have evolved in this city. Along with all this, the city has an outstanding natural beauty.
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