China–Kazakhstan border

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international border land border

The China–Kazakhstan border is an international boundary in Central Asia separating China’s Xinjiang region from Kazakhstan, running through remote mountains, steppes, and lakes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Xinjiang–Soviet Central Asia border	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international border ⓘ land border ⓘ
approximateLength	1782 km ⓘ
bordersChineseRegion	Xinjiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersKazakhRegion	Abai Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Almaty Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Jetisu Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
countryOnEast	China NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOnWest	Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossedByPipeline	Central Asia–China gas pipeline NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazakhstan–China oil pipeline NERFINISHED ⓘ
definedByTreaty	China–Kazakhstan border treaty (1994) ⓘ China–Kazakhstan supplementary border agreement (1997) NERFINISHED ⓘ China–Kazakhstan supplementary border agreement (1998) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881) NERFINISHED ⓘ
delimitationCompleted	1998 ⓘ
demarcationCompleted	early 2000s ⓘ
endPoint	China–Kazakhstan–Russia tripoint NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBorderCrossing	Bakhty–Pokitu border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Dostyk–Alashankou border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Khorgos border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Maykapshagay–Jeminay border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDisputeStatus	largely settled ⓘ
hasHistoricalPrecursor	Qing Empire–Russian Empire border NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRailwayCrossing	Alashankou–Dostyk railway crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Khorgos International Centre railway crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	China’s land borders ⓘ Kazakhstan’s land borders ⓘ
passesNearDesert	Dzungarian Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesNearLake	Lake Zaysan NERFINISHED ⓘ Markakol Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThroughTerrain	lakes ⓘ mountains ⓘ steppe ⓘ
separatesCountry	China NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
separatesRegion	Republic of Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
startPoint	China–Kyrgyzstan–Kazakhstan tripoint NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZoneOnChineseSide	China Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZoneOnKazakhSide	UTC+5 ⓘ UTC+6 ⓘ
traversesMountainRange	Altai Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Dzungarian Alatau NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarbagatai Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	energy transit ⓘ international trade ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Sino–Soviet border negotiations of the 1970s → concerns → China–Kazakhstan border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xinjiang–Soviet Central Asia border

Kanas Lake → near → China–Kazakhstan border ⓘ