The Turpan–Hotan Expressway , commonly referred to as the Tuhe Expressway is an expressway that connects Turpan, Xinjiang

Xinjiang

Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

, and Hotan, Xinjiang

Xinjiang

Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...

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The expressway is a spur or auxiliary line of the G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway

G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway

The Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway , commonly referred to as the Lianhuo Expressway is an expressway that connects the cities of Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, and Khorgas, Xinjiang, on the border with Kazakhstan. At Khorgas, there is a border crossing into Kazakhstan...

 and is completely in Xinjiang

Xinjiang

Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...

. It splits from the G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway

G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway

The Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway , commonly referred to as the Lianhuo Expressway is an expressway that connects the cities of Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, and Khorgas, Xinjiang, on the border with Kazakhstan. At Khorgas, there is a border crossing into Kazakhstan...

 at Turpan.

The expressway is currently complete only from Aksu to Kashgar

Kashgar

Kashgar or Kashi is an oasis city with approximately 350,000 residents in the western part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Kashgar is the administrative centre of Kashgar Prefecture which has an area of 162,000 km² and a population of approximately...

 and from Hoxud County

Hoxud County

The Hoshut County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 12,753 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 60,000....

 to Korla

Korla

-Economy:Korla has long been the biggest centre in the region after Karashahr itself, having abundant water and extensive farmlands, as well as controlling the main routes to the south and west of Karashahr. Due to the discovery of oil in the Taklamakan Desert, Korla is now both more populous and...

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When the expressway is complete, it will connect the following cities, all of which are in Xinjiang

Xinjiang

Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...

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• Turpan
• Korla
  Korla
  -Economy:Korla has long been the biggest centre in the region after Karashahr itself, having abundant water and extensive farmlands, as well as controlling the main routes to the south and west of Karashahr. Due to the discovery of oil in the Taklamakan Desert, Korla is now both more populous and...
  
  
• Kuqa County
• Aksu
• Kashgar
  Kashgar
  Kashgar or Kashi is an oasis city with approximately 350,000 residents in the western part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Kashgar is the administrative centre of Kashgar Prefecture which has an area of 162,000 km² and a population of approximately...
  
  
• Hotan