库尔勒

庫爾勒

Kù'ěrlè

proper noun

Meanings

1 Korla, city in central Xinjiang, seat of the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture

HSK 2

我们坐火车从乌鲁木齐到了库尔勒。

Wǒmen zuò huǒchē cóng Wūlǔmùqí dào le Kù'ěrlè.

We took the train from Urumqi to Korla.

HSK 6

库尔勒附近有塔里木油田，石油让这座城市发展得很快。

Kù'ěrlè fùjìn yǒu Tǎlǐmù Yóutián, shíyóu ràng zhè zuò chéngshì fāzhǎn de hěn kuài.

The Tarim oilfield is near Korla, and oil has made the city grow fast.

culture

Best known for 库尔勒香梨, the Korla fragrant pear. The 孔雀河 (Peacock River) runs through the city from 博斯腾湖 (Bosten Lake).

usage

It is the seat of 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, China's largest prefecture by area, usually shortened to 巴州.

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