the capital of the Autonomous Region lies 900 metres above sea level is a huge town. About 75 percent of its population is Han Chinese and only 10 percent each are Uighur and Hui people. The development of industry has resulted in considerable environmental pollution in the recent years. The Museum of the Autonomous Region is worth a visit. Apart from significant archaeological finds it also exhibits life-size models of the houses and tools of the most important nationalities in the region. It is worth taking an excursion to the Lake of Heaven, which is 100 km away. It lies 1,900 metres high in the Tianshan mountains at the foot of the 5,445 metres high Bogdashan where the journey passes some scenic landscape.