China's Loneliest City

On the northwestern frontier of China lies a city known as the "loneliest" – Mangya. With no other cities within 350 kilometers, it stands alone on a 3,000-meter-high plateau, covering an area three times the size of Beijing yet home to only 70,000 people. To the south lies Hoh Xil, to the north the uninhabited Lop Nur, and to the west stretches the Taklamakan Desert – surrounded by wilderness on three sides. Yet, nature has sculpted breathtaking wonders here: the mesmerizing Emerald Lake, like a gem embedded in the barren land; the enigmatic Aiken Spring, dubbed the "Devil's Eye"; the ethereal beauty of Gasikule Lake, rivaling Sayram Lake; the otherworldly Eboliang, the golden Sulfur Lake, and the moon-like Black Lonely Mountain. Though sparsely visited, every landscape here is soul-stirring. Come to Mangya – embrace the romance of solitude and witness an unparalleled visual feast!