tekesixianIntroduction:About Turks: Turks County is 119 kilometers from Yining City, in the eastern section of the Tex River Valley on the upper reaches of the Ili River. The terrain is high in the north and south, low in the east and west. The south is the Tianshan Mountain in the south, the north is the Tianshan Mountain in the middle, and the middle is the Tex River Valley. It slopes from the west to the east. The Turks River traverses the entire territory from west to east. Rich in mineral resources, the county has 8,352 square kilometers, and now has 1 town, 7 townships, 6 farms and apiaries. The county is stationed in the Xinjiang Military Region, the 78th Regiment of the 4th Division of Agriculture, and the Tex Forest Farm of the Tianxi Bureau. In 2013, 172,000 people. Turks County is the only complete and formal gossip city in China. In 2008, it was approved by the State Council as the fourth batch of historical and cultural cities.