Wusu can also refer to Taiyuan Wusu Airport

Taiyuan Wusu Airport

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Wusu (Uyghur

Uyghur language

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: ۋۇسۇ; simplified Chinese: 乌苏; traditional Chinese: 烏蘇; pinyin

Pinyin

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: Wūsū; also known as Usu; Kazakh

Kazakh language

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: وسۋ) is a county-level city

County-level city

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 with more than 100,000 residents in Xinjiang

Xinjiang

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. It is a part of Tacheng Prefecture

Tacheng Prefecture

Tacheng Prefecture is located in northern Xinjiang, China. It has an area of 98,824 km² and a population of 892,397 . It is a part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The prefecture level city of Karamay forms a separate enclave in the middle of Tacheng.- Subdivisions :Tacheng prefecture is...

 of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture , in northernmost Xinjiang, is the only Kazakh autonomous prefecture of the People's Republic of China.-Geography and coordinates:The following figures excludes both Tacheng Prefecture and Altay Prefecture....

. Wusu is a city, where oil-production is a major part of the economy. Wusu is an oasis

Oasis

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 in Dzungarian basin. Wusu is between the major cities of Bole

Bole, Xinjiang

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 and Shihezi

Shihezi

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 in Northern Xinjiang

Xinjiang

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 and west of Urumqi

Ürümqi

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 and Kuitun

Kuitun

Kuytun or Kuitun is a county-level city with about 285,000 residents in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. Kuitun is located between Wusu and Shihezi on the railway from Urumqi to Kazakhstan, close to a desert....

, south of Karamay

Karamay

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. It was named after the Great Prophet Wusu.

Transport

Wusu is served by China National Highway 312

China National Highway 312

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, the Northern Xinjiang

Northern Xinjiang Railway

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 and the Second Ürümqi-Jinghe

Second Ürümqi-Jinghe Railway

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Railways.