Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County (Uyghur: تاشقۇرقان تاجىك ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى, Tashqurqan Tajik Aptonom Nahiyisi, Taxk̡urk̡an Tajik Aptonom Nah̡iyisi, simplified Chinese: 塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县; pinyin: Tǎshíkù'ěrgàn Tǎjíkè Zìzhìxiàn; Sarikoli in IPA: [tɔʃqyrʁɔn tudʒik ɔftunum nɔja]; sometimes spelled Tashkorgan, Taxkorgan, Taj Qurghan, etc.) is one of the counties of Kashgar Prefecture in western Xinjiang.
Tashkurgan County is located in the eastern part ...
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Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County (Uyghur: تاشقۇرقان تاجىك ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى, Tashqurqan Tajik Aptonom Nahiyisi, Taxk̡urk̡an Tajik Aptonom Nah̡iyisi, simplified Chinese: 塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县; pinyin: Tǎshíkù'ěrgàn Tǎjíkè Zìzhìxiàn; Sarikoli in IPA: [tɔʃqyrʁɔn tudʒik ɔftunum nɔja]; sometimes spelled Tashkorgan, Taxkorgan, Taj Qurghan, etc.) is one of the counties of Kashgar Prefecture in western Xinjiang.
Tashkurgan County is located in the eastern part of the Pamir Plateau, where the Kunlun, Kara Kunlun, Hindukush and Tian Shan mountains come together, at the borders with Afghanistan (Wakhan Corridor), Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan Province) and Pakistani-administered Kashmir. The county seat is Tashkurgan Town.
The territorial expansion of the county is 178 km from north to south, and 140 km from east to west, the total area is about 52,400 km², at an average altitude above 4,000 metres.
The Mutzagata (Chinese: 慕士塔格峰; pinyin: Mùshìtǎgé Fēng; 7546 m) and the Kongur Tagh (simplified Chinese:...
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