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A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge or hill, which is bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and stands distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas characteristically consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks capped by a more resistant layer or layers of harder rock, e.g. shales overlain by sandstones. The resistant layer acts as a caprock that forms the flat summit of a mesa. The caprock can consist of either sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and limestone; dissected lava flows; or a deeply eroded duricrust. Unlike plateau, whose usage does not imply horizontal layers of bedrock, e.g. Tibetan Plateau, the term mesa applies exclusively to the landforms built of flat-lying strata. Instead, flat-topped plateaus are specifically known as tablelands.

Dabancheng District, which belongs to Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is under the jurisdiction of Urumqi City; it is located at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain, the southern section of Junggar Basin, the southern suburbs of Urumqi, Dawan Township and Tori Township to the west, Turpan City and Toksun County to the southeast, Lucaogou Township and Fukang City and Jimusar County to the north, and Tiange Mountain in the middle of Tianshan Mountains to the south. As of 2010, Dabancheng District has a total population of 63000, mainly Han, Hui, Kazak and Uygur, with ethnic minorities accounting for 42.8% of the total population. In 2010, the regional GDP was 1.683 billion yuan, an increase of 12.1% over the same period last year; local revenue was 347 million yuan, an increase of 63% over 2009; and fixed asset investment was 567 million yuan, an increase of 17.2% over 2009
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