Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County

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Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County (Uyghur: تاشقۇرقان تاجىك ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى‎, Tashqurqan Tajik Aptonom Nahiyisi, Taxk̡urk̡an Tajik Aptonom Nah̡iyisi, simplified Chinese: 塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县; pinyin: Tǎshìkù'ěrgàn Tǎjíkè zìzhìxiàn; Sarikoli in IPA: [tɔʃqyrʁɔn tudʒik ɔftunum nɔja]; sometimes spelled Tashkorgan, Taxkorgan, Taj Qurghan, etc.) is one of the counties of Kashgar Prefecture in western Xinjiang.

[edit] Geography

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. The county seat is Tashkurgan Town.

The territorial expansion of the county is 178 km from north to south, and 140 km from east to west, the total area is about 52,400 km², at an average altitude above 4,000 metres.

The second-highest mountain of the world, Mount Qogir ("K2"; simplified Chinese: 乔戈里峰; pinyin: Qiáogēlǐ Fēng; 8611 m) is located in Taxkorgan, as well as the Mutzagata (Chinese: 慕士塔格峰; pinyin: Mùshìtǎgé Fēng; 7546 m) and the Kongur Tagh (simplified Chinese: 公格尔山; pinyin: Gōnggé'ěr Shān; 7719 m). The two main rivers are the Taxkorgan River and the Tiznap (or Tiznef) River (Chinese: 提孜那甫河). There are several hot springs and resources of gold, iron, and copper.

[edit] Climate

The average temperature is 3.3 °C, with summer maximums around 32 °C and winter minimums around -39 °C; average precipitation is 68.3 mm.

[edit] Population

The total population of Tashkurgan is 27800, among them 84% Pamiris, 4% Han and 12% other nationalities. (Figures of 1995)

[edit] History

During the Han dynasty, Tashkurgan was known as Puli (Púlí 蒲犁); 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.

[edit] Main villages

Conventional	Sarikoli (in IPA)	Uyghur (Yenɡi Yezik̢)	Chinese	Pinyin
Tashkurgan Town	tɔʃqyrʁɔn	Taxk̢urƣan	塔什库尔干	Tǎshìkù'ěrgàn
	ta
Tiznap	tiznef	Tiznap	提孜那甫	Tízīnàfǔ
	ðavðɔr		达佈达尔	dábùdáĕr
	watʃa		瓦恰	wǎqià
	baldir	baldir	班迪尔	bāndíĕr
	marjɔŋ		马尔洋	mǎĕryáng
	bryŋsol
	tyŋ
	quʁuʃluʁ		库克西力克	kùkèxīlìkè
	mazur mutʃaŋ	Mazar	麻扎	Mázhā
	mulin tʃaŋ