Dafdar

Dafdar 达布达尔
Village
达布达尔乡
Dafdar Location in Xinjiang
Dafdar Location in China
Coordinates: 37°24′24″N 75°24′34″E / 37.40667°N 75.40944°ECoordinates: 37°24′24″N 75°24′34″E / 37.40667°N 75.40944°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Xinjiang
Prefecture	Kashgar Prefecture
County	Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County
Area
• Total	28 km^2 (11 sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard Time[1] (UTC+8)

Dafdar or Daftar (Chinese: 达佈达尔, pinyin: Dábùdá'ĕr) is a village in the disputed Taghdumbash Pamir located in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is inhabited by Wakhis.^[2] The village lies at an altitude of 3,400 m above sea level, just to the east of the Karakoram Highway.^[3]

During the Qing Dynasty the Chinese claimed suzerainty over the area but permitted the Mir of Hunza to administer the region in return for a tribute. The Mir erected a cairn in the village to evidence his control. The villagers stopped paying tribute to Hunza in 1937.^[3]

External links

• Trans-Karakoram Tract
• Shaksgam River

References

1. As observed officially. See Xinjiang#Time
2. Kreutzmann, H.(1996) Yak Keeping in Western High Asia
3. Kreutzmann, H. (2003) Ethnic minorities and marginality in the Pamirian Knot