Jiaohe ruins
交河 يارغول قەدىمكى شەهىرى | |
Jiaohe Shown within Xinjiang Jiaohe Jiaohe (Bayingolin) | |
| Location | Turpan, China |
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| Region | Xinjiang |
| Coordinates | 42°57′02″N 89°03′50″E / 42.95056°N 89.06389°E |
| Type | Settlement |
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| Condition | In ruins |
| Yarghul (Jiaohe) Ruins | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 交河故城 | ||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||
| Uyghur | يارغول قەدىمقى شەهىرى | ||||||||
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The Jiaohe ruins, known by the local Uyghur populace as Yarghul, is a ruined city in the Yarnaz Valley, 10 km (6.2 mi) west of the city of Turpan in Xinjiang, China. It was the capital of the Tocharian kingdom of Jushi. It is a natural fortress located atop a steep cliff on a leaf-shaped plateau between two deep river valleys, and was an important stop along the Silk Road.