| Tashkurgan County تاشقۇرغان ناھىيىسى 塔什库尔干县 |
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| تاشقۇرغان تاجىك ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى · 塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县 Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County |
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| Tashkurgan County (red) in Kashgar Prefecture (yellow), Xinjiang, and the PRC | |
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Tashkurgan County
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Kashgar |
| County seat | Tashkurgan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 52,400 km2 (20,231.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,094 m (10,151 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 27,800 |
| • Density | 0.5/km2 (1.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard Time (UTC+8) |
Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County (Uyghur: تاشقۇرغان تاجىك ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى, ULY: Tashqurghan Tajik Aptonom Nahiyisi, UPNY: Taxk̡urƣan Tajik Aptonom Nah̡iyisi?, 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; pinyin: Tǎshíkù'ěrgàn Tǎjíkè Zìzhìxiàn; Sarikoli: [tɔʃqyrʁɔn tudʒik ɔftunum nɔja]; sometimes spelled Tashkorgan, Taxkorgan, Taj Qurghan, etc.) is one of the counties of Kashgar Prefecture in western Xinjiang.
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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 (Gilgit-Baltistan). The county seat is the town of Tashkurgan.
The territorial expansion of the county is 178 kilometres (111 mi) from north to south, and 140 kilometres (87 mi) from east to west, the total area is about 52,400 square kilometres (20,200 sq mi), at an average altitude above 4,000 metres (13,000 ft).
The Muztagh Ata, at 7,546 metres (24,757 ft), and the Kongur Tagh, at 7,719 metres (25,325 ft), are the main peaks in the county, while the two main rivers are the Taxkorgan River and the Tiznap (or Tiznef) River (Chinese: 提孜那甫河; Tízīnàfǔ Hé). There are several hot springs and resources of gold, iron, and copper.
Tashkurgan has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk), influenced by the high elevation, with long, very cold winters, and warm summers. Monthly daily average temperatures range from −11.9 °C (10.6 °F) in January to 16.4 °C (61.5 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 3.58 °C (38.4 °F). An average of only 68 millimetres (2.68 in) of precipitation falls per year.
| Climate data for Tashkurgan (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) |
−1 (30.2) |
6.0 (42.8) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
18.6 (65.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
10.9 (51.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −18.6 (−1.5) |
−15.3 (4.5) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
3.1 (37.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
−16.6 (2.1) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 3.2 (0.126) |
2.6 (0.102) |
2.4 (0.094) |
4.8 (0.189) |
8.0 (0.315) |
15.5 (0.61) |
11.3 (0.445) |
9.6 (0.378) |
6.0 (0.236) |
2.1 (0.083) |
.7 (0.028) |
2.0 (0.079) |
68.2 (2.685) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 1.7 | .5 | 1.6 | 38.6 |
| Source: Weather.com.cn | |||||||||||||
The total population of Tashkurgan is 27,800, among them 84% Tajiks, 4% Han and 12% other nationalities. (Figures of 1995)
During the Han dynasty, Tashkurgan was known as Puli (Púlí 蒲犁);[1] during the Tang dynasty, it was a protectorate of the Parthians, during the Yuan dynasty it was part of the Chaghatai empire. Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County was created in 1954 and is part of the district of Kashgar.
In Tashkurgan Town there is a museum that houses a few local artifacts, a photographic display and, in the basement, two mummies - one of a young woman about 18, and another of a baby about 3 months old which, however, was not hers. They are labelled as dating from the Bronze Age to the Warring States period (475-221 BCE). The mummies were discovered in the nearby Xiabandi Valley on the old caravan route to Yarkand. The valley has now been flooded for a hydro-electric project.
| Conventional | Sarikoli (in IPA) |
Uyghur (K̢ona Yezik̢) |
Uyghur (Yenɡi Yezik̢) |
Chinese | Pinyin |
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| Tashkurgan Town | tɔʃqyrʁɔn | تاشقۇرغان | Taxk̡urƣan | 塔什库尔干 | Tǎshìkù'ěrgàn |
| Tagarma | taʁarmi | تاغارما | Taƣarma | 塔合曼鄉 | Tǎhémàn |
| Tiznap | tiznef | تىزناپ | Tiznap | 提孜那甫 | Tízīnàfǔ |
| Dafdar | ðavðɔr | دەفتەر | Defter | 达佈达尔 | Dábùdá'ĕr |
| Weqa | watʃa | ۋەچە | Weqe | 瓦恰 | Wǎqià |
| Baldir | baldir | بەلدىر | baldir | 班迪尔 | Bāndí'ĕr |
| Maryang | marjɔŋ | مارياڭ | Maryang | 马尔洋 | Mǎ'ĕryáng |
| Burumsal | bryŋsol | بۇرۇمسال | Burumsal | 布倫木沙鄉 | Bùlúnmùshā |
| Datong | tyŋ | داتۇڭ | Datung | 大同鄉 | Dàtóng |
| Koguxluk | quʁuʃluʁ | قوغۇشلۇق | K̡oƣuxluk̡ | 库克西力克 | Kùkèxīlìkè |
| Mazar | mazur mutʃaŋ | مازار | Mazar | 麻扎 | Mázhā |
| mulin tʃaŋ |
The county is served by Karakoram Highway, which runs through Tashkurgan Town.
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