Ruoqiang
چاقىلىق 若羌镇 Qakilik, Jo-ch'iang | |
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 A mosque in Ruoqiang | |
  Ruoqiang Location in Xinjiang  Ruoqiang Ruoqiang (Bayingolin) | |
| Coordinates: 39°01′05″N 88°10′05″E / 39.01806°N 88.16806°E | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture |
| County | Ruoqiang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 897 m (2,943 ft) |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
| • Total | 9,872 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[3]) |
| Postal code | 841800 |
| Telephone area code | 0966 |
Ruoqiang Town (Chinese: 若羌; pinyin: Ruòqiāng; Uyghur: Чакилик: Qakilik or Charkliq) is a town in Ruoqiang County, Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. Ruoqiang Town is the county seat of the Ruoqiang County, and therefore is the place that less detailed maps label as "Ruoqiang County" or just "Ruoqiang". The postal code is 841 800.
There is a two-laned asphalt highway to Korla, 490 km (304 mi) north, and 956 km (594 mi) west to Hotan. There is no motorable road east to Dunhuang in Gansu,[4] but one can now drive southeast through the Altun Shan range and then north through part of the Tsaidam to Dunhuang.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
govlltownwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 若羌县历史沿革 [Ruoqiang County Historical Development] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
2010年第六次人口普查，若羌县常住总人口35580人，其中：若羌镇9872人，
- ^ Officially Beijing Time, but locals in Xinjiang observe a different offset. See Xinjiang#Time
- ^ "Charklik / Ruoqiang - Ancient Kingdom and Outpost Gateway". centralasiatraveler.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2009-03-05.