Chaiwopu Lake () is a freshwater lake located in Dabancheng District, some 45 km southeast of ÃÂrümqi, in Xinjiang, China. The lake receives water from several streams from the Bogda Shan range.
The lake is almost round, some 5âÂÂ6 km in diameter, which makes it the largest freshwater lake in the ÃÂrümqi region. Chaiwopu Township, Chaiwopu Railway Station on the Lanxin Railway, and China National Highway 312 are located near the northern and northeastern shore of the lake.
Local media has referred to Chaiwopu Lake as "charming and beautiful". The lake and its surroundings are officially protected as ÃÂrümqi Chaiwopuhu National Wetland Park (ä¹Âé²Âæ¨é½Âæ´çªÂå ¡æ¹Âå½家湿å°堬åÂÂ).
The name of the lake (and of the eponymous township) is occasionally written as Chaiwobao. This is probably a misspelling: although the Chinese character å ¡ has two readings, "bao" and "pu", it is the latter reading that, according to dictionaries, is normally used in place names.