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The Geographic Center of Asian Continent

In 1992, xinjiang institute of geography, Chinese academy of sciences with a number of experts from World Geographic Society used Bonne Map Projection of Asia as the benchmark. Then with modern scientific technologies and equipment, they successfully measure the center of the equilibrium position in the Asian continent. The coordinate is longitude 87 e.19 '52", latitude 43~40' 37 ",a small village called “Baojiacaozi” in Yongfeng township, 30 kilometers southwest of Urumqi.

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Source : xinjiangtravel.org