Among the latest urban spatial layout in Xinjiang, except for the Urumqi Metropolitan Area and the two central groups of northern and southern border prefectures in Yining and Kashgar, there seems to be no regional central layout.

In the latest urban spatial layout in Xinjiang, except for the Urumqi metropolitan area and the two central groups of northern and southern border prefectures, Yining and Kashgar , there seems to be no regional central layout.

especially in the definition of the latest urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas, such as Karamay and Hami in the east-west direction of the Urumqi metropolitan area, both of them have exceeded the core metropolitan area; and from the perspective of the radiation range of Yining in the center of the urban agglomeration in the northern Xinjiang, in addition to the "two Iran and two Huo" ( Yining City , Yining County and Horgos City , Huocheng County ) and its surrounding counties (cities, mainly referring to the Corps City), for example, Alta City , Tower City , Kuitun City , Wusu City , etc. are even further away.

In addition, the Kashgar center in southern Xinjiang is even more extensive, and currently includes four prefectures in southern Xinjiang ( Hotan area , Kashgar area, Aksu area and Bayinguoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture , Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture ) and 4 divisions and cities of the Corps (1st Division Aral City , 2nd Division Tiemenguan City, 3rd Division Tumushuke City and 14th Division Kunyu City). Therefore, according to this cluster, it is difficult to drive it based on the current Kashgar City (county-level city, Kashgar area stationed).

Xinjiang urban layout overview

Therefore, according to this idea, the local hope in Xinjiang has always been to hope that Kashgar area will be abolished and established a city as soon as possible. Yining, as the center of Yili Prefecture Prefecture, is difficult to set up a prefecture-level city, so it is also recommended to form a prefecture-level city " Kuituwu " (Kuitun City under Yili Prefecture, Dushanzi District under Karamay and Wusu City under Tacheng District).

But even under such an idea, according to the area and urban layout of the north and south borders, the above-mentioned prefecture-level regional centers still find it difficult to form a dense cluster effect in a short period of time.

According to the urban planning of many provinces in central and eastern my country, in addition to the prefecture-level central groups, another is the generally planned county regional central layout. Therefore, according to the current urban layout status of Xinjiang, such as Kuitun City, Shihezi City, , Beitun City, , , Beitun City, , , Kuche City, , Aral City, , Shache County, (planned to be converted into a city) in the northern Xinjiang, counties (cities) can be considered as county-level central cities.

Kuitun location overview

For example, when it is difficult to build a city with the "Kuitun" group, however, this "Golden Triangle" area has long formed multiple urban integration. In addition to core areas such as Kuitun City, Wusu City and Dushanzi District, there are also Huyanghe City (7th Division of the Corps), Shihezi City (8th Division of the Corps) and Shawan City , etc. around.

Therefore, on the premise that it is difficult to build a city in the short term, Kuitun can be considered to change Kuitun from Yili Prefecture to the autonomous region directly under the jurisdiction of the autonomous region (granting prefecture-level management authority and deputy prefecture-level treatment) and be listed as a county central city in the northern Xinjiang region.

In addition, in addition to the Kashgar center in southern Xinjiang, Kuqa market under the Aksu area has long reached the specifications of prefecture-level cities. In addition to the city scale and economic growth rate, Kuqa is also a transportation hub connection center in the north and south Xinjiang.

especially among the southern Xinjiang Bazhou , Aksu, Kashgar, kezhou , Hotian and several corps cities, Kuqa has always been the "station" and "army station" between the north and the south. Therefore, Kuche is also considering upgrading to a municipality under the autonomous region (prefecture-level treatment authority).

Kuq Location Overview

In addition to several local cities, such as Shihezi City, Alar City, Beitun City of the Corps, etc., can also be set as regional central cities according to the corresponding location advantages of the north and south Xinjiang. Taking Alar City as an example, there is currently a transportation and logistics center of the four prefectures in the southern Xinjiang and four divisions and cities of the southern Xinjiang Corps.

Alar Location Overview

In addition to established county-level cities, there are also counties such as Shache , Ruoqiang, Shanshan , Qitai, Xinyuan, Emin, etc. that plan to be relocated to cities, and they will also have the advantages of becoming regional central cities in the future.