Grape Valley

{{Short description|Valley in Xinjiang, China}}

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Grape Valley ({{zh|t=葡萄沟|p=Putaogou}}) is an area of arid land in Turpan, Xinjiang, China, where grapes and other fruits are grown. The valley is 8 km long, 600-2,000 meters wide, and is located some 10 km east of Turpan's city center.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cits.net/china-guide/places/grape-valley.html |title=Grape Valley, Turpan |access-date=2013-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721192802/http://www.cits.net/china-guide/places/grape-valley.html |archive-date=2013-07-21 |url-status=dead }}

Turpan has a historically long tradition of growing grape and other fruits, using the karez underground irrigation system. It is famous for growing the seedless white grape, the manaizi ({{zh|马奶子}}, mares nipple) grape. Raisins and other dried fruits are also sold at the Grape Valley tourists' area.

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Grape and raisin production in Turpan accounts for over eighty percent of China's total, making China the world's third-largest producer of raisins and the world's largest producer of green raisins.{{cite web|last1=Cottrell|first1=David|title=USDA Foreign Agricultural Service: GAIN Report|url=http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Raisin%20Annual_Beijing_China%20-%20Peoples%20Republic%20of_9-25-2015.pdf|website=Global Agricultural Information Network|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture|accessdate=11 August 2016|date=September 25, 2015}}