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View Plans & PricingArea: ~1,457 km² (county-level city in Xinjiang)
Population: ~100,000 (2020 estimate)
Tumuke (Tumxuk) is a young city in Xinjiang, established in 2014. Its name comes from the Uyghur language and refers to its location in the Tarim Basin.
7.0/10 — Residents enjoy a balanced lifestyle with modern amenities and cultural richness.
Tumxuk Tangwang Airport (TWC) has domestic flights. Tumxuk Railway Station connects to Kashgar on the Kashgar–Hotan railway. Buses and taxis serve the city.
Xinjiang Tumxuk Vocational and Technical College is the main local institution.
Tumxuk lies in the southwestern Xinjiang Tarim Basin with an arid continental climate. It is an oasis city with cotton, agriculture, and fruit production.
Visit the Tumxuk desert-oasis scenery, local bazaar, and nearby ancient Silk Road sites.
Day 1: City bazaar and oasis farms.
Day 2: Desert landscape and nearby villages.
Try Xinjiang lamb kebabs, hand-pulled noodles, pilaf, local melons, and dried fruits.
Buy local dried fruits, cotton products, Uyghur crafts, and Silk Road souvenirs.
Local Vibe: Tumushuke (Tumuke) is a young Xinjiang bingtuan city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert. Locals are practical, frontier-minded, and proud of turning desert into farms with irrigation. The city is small, sunny, and surrounded by cotton fields and poplar windbreaks.
Fun Facts:
• Tumushuke was established as a city by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, one of the youngest cities in China.
• The city is an oasis town in the arid Tarim Basin, famous for cotton, melons, and grapes.
• Tumushuke is a stopping point on the southern Silk Road route through Xinjiang.
Tumuke locals speak their own flavor of Mandarin. Try these phrases to earn a smile:
Yaxshimusiz — Hello — Uyghur.
Rahmat — Thank you.
Nahayati yaxshi — Very good.
• Bingtuan Pioneers — Soldiers, farmers, and engineers from across China built Tumushuke's oasis from the desert.
• Uyghur and Han Farmers — Generations of farmers developed irrigation systems that turned the desert into productive farmland.
• Xinjiang Road Builders — Engineers built the highways that connect Tumushuke to Kashgar and other Silk Road cities.
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