Tashkurgan

E395901

settlement town

Tashkurgan is a remote town in China’s Xinjiang region, inhabited mainly by Tajik people and known as a key stop on the Karakoram Highway near the Pakistan border.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County	4
Tashkurgan canonical	1
Tashkurgan Tajik	1
Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
borderInfrastructure	China–Pakistan border checkpoint vicinity ⓘ
climate	cold semi‑arid to alpine climate ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
economicActivity	cross‑border trade ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
elevation	over 3000 meters above sea level ⓘ
ethnicGroupPresent	Han Chinese ⓘ Tajiks ⓘ surface form: Tajik people Uyghurs ⓘ surface form: Uyghur people
ethnicMajority	Tajiks ⓘ surface form: Tajik people
hasHistoricalSite	Tashkurgan Stone City ⓘ
importantFor	China–Pakistan Free Trade Agreement ⓘ surface form: China–Pakistan trade trans‑Karakoram travel ⓘ
knownFor	Tajik culture ⓘ high‑altitude scenery ⓘ proximity to the China–Pakistan border ⓘ
localLanguage	Tashkurgan Sarikoli ⓘ surface form: Sarikoli Tajik Uyghurs ⓘ surface form: Uyghur
locatedIn	Xinjiang ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
locatedInAdministrativeUnit	Kashgar ⓘ surface form: Kashgar Prefecture Tashkurgan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County
locatedInRegion	Pamir Mountains ⓘ surface form: Pamir Plateau western Xinjiang ⓘ
nearBorderWith	Afghanistan ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ
officialLanguageAtCountryLevel	Standard Chinese ⓘ
onRoute	Karakoram Highway ⓘ
partOf	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
populationCharacteristic	remote ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ
regionType	border region ⓘ
roadConnectionTo	Kashgar ⓘ Khunjerab Pass ⓘ
role	key stop on the Karakoram Highway ⓘ
strategicImportance	part of China–Pakistan Economic Corridor area ⓘ
terrain	high‑altitude plateau ⓘ
timeZone	China Standard Time ⓘ
tourismType	adventure tourism ⓘ cultural tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khunjerab Pass → connectsCityOrArea → Tashkurgan ⓘ

Sarikoli → spokenIn → Tashkurgan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County

Sarikoli → alternativeName → Tashkurgan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tashkurgan Tajik

Afghanistan–China border → borderRegionOnChineseSide → Tashkurgan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County

Wakhjir Pass → connects → Tashkurgan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County

Tashkurgan → locatedInAdministrativeUnit → Tashkurgan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County

China National Highway 314 section → passesThrough → Tashkurgan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County