Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County

Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County
塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县 (Chinese)
تاشقۇرغان تاجىك ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)
تاشقۈرغان تۇجىك ئافتۇنۇم نايە (Sarikoli)
Autonomous county
Tashkurgan County (red) in Kashgar Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Tashkurgan County (red) in Kashgar Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Tashkurgan is located in Southern Xinjiang
Tashkurgan
Tashkurgan
Location of county seat in Xinjiang
Tashkurgan is located in Xinjiang
Tashkurgan
Tashkurgan
Tashkurgan (Xinjiang)
Tashkurgan is located in China
Tashkurgan
Tashkurgan
Tashkurgan (China)
Coordinates: 37°46′20″N 75°13′48″E / 37.7721°N 75.2299°E / 37.7721; 75.2299
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureKashgar
County seatTashkurgan
Township-level divisions12[1]
Area
[1]
 • Total25,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi)
Elevation
3,094 m (10,151 ft)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total39,946
 • Density1.6/km2 (4.1/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
 • Major ethnic groupsMountain Tajiks (China)[1][3]
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard[a])
Postal code
845250
Area code998
Websitewww.tskeg.gov.cn (in Chinese)
Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County
A sign welcoming motorists to Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县
Traditional Chinese塔什庫爾干塔吉克自治縣
Hanyu PinyinTǎshíkù'ěrgān Tǎjíkè Zìzhìxiàn
Uyghur name
Uyghurتاشقۇرغان تاجىك ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى‎
Sarikoli name
Sarikoliتاشقۈرغان تۇجىك ئافتۇنۇم نايە
Toxkhürghon Tujik Oftunum Noya[b]
[tɔʃqyrʁɔn tuʤik ɔftunum nɔja]

Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County[5][6][7] (often shortened to Tashkurgan County and officially spelled Taxkorgan) is an autonomous county of Kashgar Prefecture, in western Xinjiang, China. The county seat is Tashkurgan. The county is the only Tajik (Pamiri) autonomous county in China.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference govtaxkorgan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  3. ^ 壮阔之美●新疆帕米尔高原. 塔什库尔干政府门户网站 (in Simplified Chinese). 24 December 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2020. 主要居民为塔吉克族。
  4. ^ Gao, Erqiang (高尔锵) (1996). 塔吉克汉词典 [Tajik-Chinese Dictionary] (in Simplified Chinese). Sichuan Nationalities Publishing House (四川民族出版社). ISBN 978-7-5409-1744-9.
  5. ^ 中国地名委员会 (1994). 《中华人民共和国地名录》. Beijing: 中国社会出版社. p. 706.
  6. ^ 崔乃夫 (Cui Naifu). 中华人民共和国分省地图集. p. 122.
  7. ^ 《中华人民共和国地名大词典》. Beijing: The Commercial Press. 2002. p. 6534.


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