Khorgas
QorÄŸas éœå°”果斯市 • قالاسى قورعاس • قورغاس شەھىرى (Chinese) • (Uyghur) • (Kazakh) | |
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County-level city | |
China-Kazakhstan border crossing at Korgas | |
![]() ![]() QorÄŸas Location in Xinjiang | |
Coordinates: 44°07′32″N 80°24′52″E / 44.12556°N 80.41444°ECoordinates: 44°07′32″N 80°24′52″E / 44.12556°N 80.41444°E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous Region | Xinjiang |
Autonomous prefecture | Ili |
Area | |
• Total | 1,900 km2 (700 sq mi) |
Population (2014) | |
• Total | 85,000 |
Time zone | China Standard Time (UTC+8) |


Korgas (simplified Chinese: éœå°”果斯; traditional Chinese: éœçˆ¾æžœæ–¯; pinyin: Huò'Ä›rguÇ’sÄ«, Kazakh: قورعاس), also known as Khorgos, Chorgos and Gorgos, is a Chinese city near the border with Kazakhstan. It is located in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang Autonomous Region. The city on the Kazakh side of the border is also known as Khorgas (Kazakh: ҚорғаÑ, قورغاس, QorÄŸas; Russian: ХоргоÑ, Khorgos; the train station there is Altynkol (Russian: Ðлтынколь).
Transportation
The Jinghe-Yining-Khorgas Railway was completed in late 2009, and now provides train service from Ürümqi and Yining to Khorgas.[2]
Passenger trains from Ürümqi (started on July 1, 2010), however, initially only ran to Yining, and not all the way to Khorgas.[3][4] One of the daily Ürümqi-Yining passenger trains was extended to Khorgas in December 2013. The travel time from Khorgos to Yining is just over an hour.[5]
In December 2011, a 293-km railway from the Khorgas border crossing to Zhetygen terminal (near Almaty) was completed; the tracks from the Chinese and Kazakhstan sides of the borders were connected on December 2, 2012.[6] For some months, the railway on the Kazakh side was still operating in a test mode.[7] The railway border crossing (port of entry) at Khorgas became operational in the late 2012;[8]) the first regular trains from the two countries crossed the border on December 22, 2012.[6]
The railway border crossing is expected to handle up to 15 million tons of freight per year initially, the volume rising to 30 million tons per year in the long run,[6] opening up the second Europe-China rail link via Kazakhstan.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ Victory of Khorgos
- ↑ "Xingjiang’s first electrified railway rails laid". People's Daily Online. 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ↑ Zhaoqian, ed. (2010-06-22). "Tickets of train from Urumqi to Yining put on sale". Tianshannet. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ↑ "Xinjiang's first electrified railway passenger train". China Central Television. 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ↑ éœå°”果斯往乌é²æœ¨é½æ–¹å‘首趟客è¿åˆ—车æ£å¼å¼€é€š (The first Khorgas-Ãœrümqi passenger train started regular operations), 2013-12-26
- 1 2 3 写在ä¸å›½éœå°”果斯至哈è¨å…‹æ–¯å¦é˜¿è…¾ç§‘里é“路通车è¿è¥ä¹‹é™…, 2012-12-23
- ↑ ХоргоÑ-Жетыген: уже летом первые поезда ÑоединÑÑ‚ Китай Ñ Ð•Ð²Ñ€Ð¾Ð¿Ð¾Ð¹ (Already this summer first trains will connect China with Europe), 2012-03-16 (Russian)
- ↑ æ–°ç–†éœå°”果斯ç«è½¦ç«™èŽ·æ‰¹æˆç«‹ 年底有望通车, ä¸å›½æ–°é—»ç½‘, 2012-11-23
- ↑ Revival of the Silk Road
External links
- Xinjiang's Land Ports and Border Trade
- see www.battle-of-qurman.com.cn for more information on the conquest of Khorgos and the whole of Xinjiang in 1755-1759
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