On the way there, the route passes Bulungkol, a broad flood plain at the confluence of two rivers, which is flanked by massive sandstone hills topped by snowy peaks. On the journey it is essential to take a passport to avoid being sent back from the Gezcun border control centre, which actually comes before Bulungkol and where photographs are strictly prohibited.
[2009, Vaughn Nelson, “Applications and Wind Industry”, in Wind Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment[4], CRC Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 211:
Since then, China leads the world in installation of renewable village systems, of which 100 include wind. One example is the electrification of five villages in Bulunkou Township (Table 10.6) in Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region, China [34, chap. 5].]
2016, Zhen Zhang et al., “Mass Change of Glaciers in Muztag Ata–Kongur Tagh, Eastern Pamir, China from 1971/76 to 2013/14 as Derived from Remote Sensing Data”, in PLoS ONE[5], volume 11, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
Hydrological analysis based on the river runoff at Bulungkol (also called Kalakuli) hydrology station (74° 58′ W, 38° 40′ N, 3300 m a.s.l.) gives the result that glaciers in the Kangxiwa river basin in our study area during 1960–1990 lost –0.12 m w.e. a⁻¹ [80], which is close to our result, and ice-core data from Muztag Ata Peak (75° 06′ E, 38° 17′ N, 7010 m a.s.l.) recorded a decrease in annual accumulation from 1958 to 2003 while a mass balance reconstruction showed a dramatic increase in wastage from 1990 to 2003 (–0.42 m w.e. a⁻¹) [27].
2017 April 12, Eset Sulaiman, Roseanne Gerin, “Six Dead, Four Injured in Two Successive Suicide Attacks in China’s Xinjiang”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia[6], archived from the original on 31 May 2017[7]:
Authorities are promoting the letter mainly in villages in border areas, such as Muji and Bulungkol in Akto (in Chinese, Aketao) county, he said.
[2019 June 26, Cao Zinan, “From Sichuan to Xinjiang: one woman's journey”, in China Daily[8], archived from the original on June 27, 2019[9]:
Li Wenjuan, 30, from Sichuan province, has been praised by villagers in Bulunkou township, southern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, for her energy and enthusiasm. Li, who came to Xinjiang five years ago, is now Party chief of Bulunkou, part of Kizilsu Kirghiz autonomous prefecture, or Kezhou, in the westernmost part of China.]
