Koyuk Shahri

settlement · 1000 BC – 2099 AD

An ancient fortified site known as either Koyuk Shahri or Kuiyukexiehai'er that is located in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of north-western China preserves evidence of urban occupation in the Tarim Basin during the first millennium BCE. The site consists of a walled area of some 60,000 m² with an artificial mound at the center of the walled space.