Kulma Pass

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The Kulma Pass (elevation 4,362 m./14,311 ft.) is a mountain pass located on the border between China's autonomous region of Xinjiang and Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. Officially opened on May 25, 2004, the pass is on the only maintained road connecting the two nations, and is the location of the only official border crossing. Traffic volume is very low; an official tally by the Tajik Ministry of Traffic and Roads counted legal crossings of just 17 trucks, 10 buses, 240 tons of cargo, and 171 people over a three-month period. However, unofficial transits are believed to be more common, as many locals lack passports needed to cross the pass legally. ^[1]

[edit] References

• Townsend, Jacob (June 2005). China and Afghan Opiates: Assessing the Risk. Central-Asia Caucasus Institute, Silk Road Studies Program [1] at Johns Hopkins University and Uppsala University.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Townsend, pp. 48-54