Toksun

As shown by the map, this hill range, known over different sections by varying local names such as Tuz-tagh or Kawan-tagh, stretches with a general east-to-west direction along the whole length of the depression from the Pichan oasis to north of Toksun.

1933, Aurel Stein, Note on a Map of the Turfan Basin, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 240

Karez in Xinjiang has a long history. Karez in Toksun County today has a history of more than 300 years. The karez in Shanshan County dates back to 400-plus years ago. In recent years, an ancient karez was unearthed in Turpan, which is over 100 m long, with 7 vertical wells. It has a history of 1 500 years.

1997, “Impressions on Fire Land”, in Travelling around Xinjiang: A Land of Enchantment, Beijing: Science Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 198, columns 2, 3

The two hottest places in China on Monday were Linxian in Shanxi province, and Toksun county in the Xinjiang region, which both saw temperatures of 42 degrees.

2017, Kinling Lo, “Hot ways to chill: China’s heat wave inspires creative thinking among sweltering locals”, in South China Morning Post

Zhou Bangyu, an official from Hunan Province in central China, helped Yiburanyim Abulza, a poor villager in Toksun County sell 800 kilograms of dried grapes in two weeks.

2018, “China Focus: Industry plays big role in poverty alleviation in Xinjiang”, in Liangyu, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2020

Elsewhere in Central Asia, laghman is often submerged in broth, but here the noodles are cooked on their own and then given a ladling of beef stew. “Soup is soup; laghman is laghman,” said Adil Nurdun, who grew up in Toksun County, south of Xinjiang’s capital, Urumqi, and runs the restaurant with Arkin Ali, a native of Aksu Prefecture to the west, bordering Kyrgyzstan.

2019, Ligaya Mishan, “Uighur Noodles, Terrifically Chewy and Earthy, at Nurlan in Flushing, Queens”, in New York Times