Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region

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border region disputed territory plateau

The Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region is a high-altitude, sparsely populated plateau in the western Himalayas that is a major flashpoint in the territorial dispute between China and India.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Aksai Chin	10
Aksai Chin region	3
Aksai Chin plateau	1
Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	border region ⓘ disputed territory ⓘ plateau ⓘ
administeredBy	China ⓘ
associatedWith	Johnson Line and Macartney–MacDonald Line proposals ⓘ India–China border ⓘ surface form: McMahon Line debates
averageElevation	over 4,000 meters ⓘ
borderDisputeWith	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China India ⓘ surface form: Republic of India
borderedBy	Ladakh ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ surface form: Tibet Xinjiang ⓘ
characterizedBy	cold desert climate ⓘ high altitude ⓘ sparse population ⓘ
claimedAsPartOf	Ladakh ⓘ Ladakh ⓘ surface form: Union Territory of Ladakh
claimedBy	India ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ cold ⓘ
controlledBy	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
disputedBy	India ⓘ surface form: Republic of India
disputeOriginatesFrom	differing interpretations of historical borders ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance	control of routes between Xinjiang and Tibet ⓘ
hasStatus	de facto under Chinese control ⓘ de jure claimed by India ⓘ
knownFor	harsh environmental conditions ⓘ lack of permanent civilian settlements ⓘ
locatedIn	western Himalayas ⓘ
locatedOn	Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
majorFlashpointIn	India–China relations ⓘ surface form: China–India relations
near	India–China border ⓘ surface form: Line of Actual Control
partOf	India–China border ⓘ surface form: Sino-Indian border western sector Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region larger Sino-Indian border dispute ⓘ
partOfHistoricalRegion	Ladakh ⓘ
populationDensity	very low ⓘ
siteOf	1962 Sino-Indian War hostilities ⓘ
sovereigntyDisputeBetween	China ⓘ India ⓘ
strategicImportanceFor	China ⓘ India ⓘ
subjectOf	border talks between China and India ⓘ international diplomatic negotiations ⓘ
terrainType	barren plateau ⓘ
traversedBy	China National Highway 219 ⓘ
usedFor	military deployment ⓘ