Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County
Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County
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Tashkurgan County (red) in Kashgar Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates: 37°46′20″N 75°13′48″E / 37.7721°N 75.2299°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Kashgar |
| County seat | Tashkurgan |
| Township-level divisions | 12 |
| Area | |
• Total | 25,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,094 m (10,151 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 39,946 |
| • Density | 1.6/km2 (4.1/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Major ethnic groups | Tajiks (Pamiris) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 845250 |
| Area code | 998 |
| Website | www |
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A sign welcoming motorists to Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County | |||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Tǎshíkù'ěrgān Tǎjíkè Zìzhìxiàn | ||||||||||||||
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| Uyghur | تاشقۇرغان تاجىك ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||||||
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| Sarikoli | تاشقۈرغان تۇجىك ئافتۇنۇم نايە Toxkhürghon Tujik Oftunum Noya [tɔʃqyrʁɔn tuʤik ɔftunum nɔja] | ||||||||||||||
Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County (often shortened to Tashkurgan County and officially spelled Taxkorgan) is an autonomous county of Kashgar Prefecture, in western Xinjiang, China. The county seat is Tashkurgan. The county is the only Tajik (Pamiri) autonomous county in China.