Kashgar is a national historical and cultural city, a national open city, an excellent tourist city in China and a national double-support model city. It is the westernmost border city of China and the political, economic and cultural center of Kashgar. The Silk Road is an important commercial port, the throat hub of East-West traffic, and an important meeting point of East-West economy, culture and civilization.
Kashgar International Airport is an open air port. In 20 17, Kashgar was selected as the first batch of cities to comprehensively promote the construction of transit metropolis during the thirteenth five-year plan period.
2065438+February 2008, Kashgar was selected as a national civilized city nominated city in the creation cycle of 2065438+2020. 2065438+June 2008, Kashgar was selected as the fourth batch of national advanced units for the establishment of counties ruled by law. In September 2020, Kashgar was awarded the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Global Tourism Demonstration Zone. In June 5438 +2020 10, Kashgar was awarded the National Model City of Double Support.
Plant resources:
The plant resources in Kashgar include alpine vegetation, plain oasis vegetation, desert vegetation and swamp vegetation. There are 355,300 hectares of forest land in the whole region, including 229,300 hectares of natural forests, with a forest coverage rate of 2.75%. Tree species include poplar, willow, mulberry, Elaeagnus angustifolia, Sophora japonica, Indus, pine, fir, cypress, red willow, Populus euphratica, Hippophae rhamnoides and so on.
Fruit trees include peaches, apricots, pears, apples, almonds, grapes, figs, pomegranates, cherries, pistachios and walnuts. Melon and watermelon are excellent in texture and high in sugar content. Crops are mainly wheat, corn and cotton, as well as rice, barley, sorghum, oilseeds, flax, sunflower, peanuts, sesame and fennel. There are dozens of medicinal plants such as licorice, codonopsis pilosula, ephedra and Saussurea involucrata.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Kashgar City