Urghtbulaq

Urghtbulaq lies on the northwestern edge of the Dzungarian Basin, in the dry country between the basin and the pastures around Hoboksar. The region belonged to the Oirat world before the Qing conquest of Dzungaria. In 1771 Torghut Mongols returned east from the Volga, and some followers of Prince Tsebek Dorji were settled in the Urho area, bringing a community from a distant pastoral homeland back to northern Xinjiang.