Kumul

Kumul is a prefecture-level city in eastern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. Kumul is located in the northern end of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, neighboring Gansu Province in the east, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the south. It shares a 587 kilometers boundary with Mongolia. Kumul Prefecture was called Yiwu throughout the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), and Yizhou during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It is believed that the county was initially established in the year 327, during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. After the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), it gained its present name - Hami, also Kumul. Kumul has elevated terrain in its center and lower terrain to the north and south. The Eastern Tianshan Mountains are located in its northern portion, while deserts comprise its eastern and western regions. The central land is made up of a flourishing oasis. The Tianshan Mountains traverse the region and divide Kumul into its southern oasis and northern river valley and prairie.

Barkol Lake around 18 km from the northwest of Barkol Kazak Autonomous County. It is surrounded by rolling hills and exuberant grassland. There is a beautiful story about the Barkol Lake. A Han girl and a Kazak young man named Pu Lei Hai fought together against a mountain devil who wanted to destroy the azure lake. The ‘Devil City’ is given by Mongolian and Kazak sheepherders in this area, because horrific and roaring gale often happens in the grotesque hills. In fact, it is a Yar