Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County

Taxkorgan County
塔什库尔干县 • Toxkhürghon Tujik Oftunum Noya[1]تاشقۇرغان ناھىيىسى
(Chinese) • (Sariquli Tajik) • (Uyghur)
Autonomous county
Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County
塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县
تاشقۇرغان تاجیك ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى
Toxkhürghon Tujik Oftunum Noya[2]

Taxkorgan County (red) in Kashgar Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Taxkorgan County

Location of the seat in Xinjiang

Coordinates: 37°46′N 75°13′E / 37.767°N 75.217°E / 37.767; 75.217Coordinates: 37°46′N 75°13′E / 37.767°N 75.217°E / 37.767; 75.217
Country China
Region Xinjiang
Prefecture Kashgar
County seat Taxkorgan
Area
  Total 52,400 km2 (20,200 sq mi)
Elevation 3,094 m (10,151 ft)
Population
  Total 30,000
  Density 0.57/km2 (1.5/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 845250
Area code(s) 998

Taxkorgan[3] Tajik Autonomous County (sometimes spelled Tashkurgan or Tashkorgan) is a county of Kashgar Prefecture in western Xinjiang, China.

Geography

Taxkorgan County is located in the eastern part of the Pamir Plateau, where the Kunlun, Karakoram, Hindukush and Tian Shan mountains come together, at the borders with Afghanistan (Wakhan Corridor), Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan Province) and Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan). The county seat is Taxkorgan Town.

The territorial expansion of the county is 178 kilometres (111 mi) from north to south, and 140 kilometres (87 mi) from east to west, the total area is about 52,400 square kilometres (20,200 sq mi), at an average altitude above 4,000 metres (13,000 ft).

The Muztagh Ata, at 7,546 metres (24,757 ft), and the Kongur Tagh, at 7,719 metres (25,325 ft), are the main peaks in the county, while the two main rivers are the Taxkorgan River and the Tiznap (or Tiznef) River (Chinese: 提孜那甫河; pinyin: Tízīnàfǔ Hé). There are several hot springs and resources of gold, iron, and copper.

Climate

Taxkorgan has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk), influenced by the high elevation, with long, very cold winters, and warm summers. Monthly daily average temperatures range from −11.9 °C (10.6 °F) in January to 16.4 °C (61.5 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 3.58 °C (38.4 °F). An average of only 68 millimetres (2.68 in) of precipitation falls per year

Climate data for Taxkorgan (1971−2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 6.5
(43.7)
12.2
(54)
18.9
(66)
22.0
(71.6)
25.1
(77.2)
31.0
(87.8)
32.5
(90.5)
31.4
(88.5)
27.8
(82)
22.7
(72.9)
14.3
(57.7)
10.5
(50.9)
32.5
(90.5)
Average high °C (°F) −4.2
(24.4)
−1
(30)
6.0
(42.8)
12.8
(55)
16.7
(62.1)
20.5
(68.9)
23.7
(74.7)
23.3
(73.9)
18.6
(65.5)
11.6
(52.9)
4.8
(40.6)
−1.9
(28.6)
10.9
(51.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) −11.9
(10.6)
−8.2
(17.2)
−0.5
(31.1)
6.1
(43)
9.8
(49.6)
13.3
(55.9)
16.4
(61.5)
16.0
(60.8)
11.4
(52.5)
4.0
(39.2)
−3.4
(25.9)
−10.0
(14)
3.6
(38.5)
Average low °C (°F) −18.6
(−1.5)
−15.3
(4.5)
−7.3
(18.9)
−0.8
(30.6)
3.1
(37.6)
6.4
(43.5)
9.4
(48.9)
8.8
(47.8)
3.5
(38.3)
−3.8
(25.2)
−10.8
(12.6)
−16.6
(2.1)
−3.5
(25.7)
Record low °C (°F) −39.1
(−38.4)
−36.0
(−32.8)
−25.7
(−14.3)
−11.5
(11.3)
−5.6
(21.9)
−1.0
(30.2)
2.2
(36)
−0.2
(31.6)
−5.0
(23)
−12.2
(10)
−23.3
(−9.9)
−31.5
(−24.7)
−39.1
(−38.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3.2
(0.126)
2.6
(0.102)
2.4
(0.094)
4.8
(0.189)
8.0
(0.315)
15.5
(0.61)
11.3
(0.445)
9.6
(0.378)
6.0
(0.236)
2.1
(0.083)
.7
(0.028)
2.0
(0.079)
68.2
(2.685)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.5 5.1 6.8 6.2 4.6 2.9 1.7 .5 1.6 38.6
Source: Weather.com.cn

Population

Taxkorgan

"Welcome to Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County"
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 塔什庫爾干塔吉克自治縣
Simplified Chinese 塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县
Uyghur name
Uyghur
تاشقۇرغان تاجىك ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى
Sarikoli name
Sarikoli Toxkhürghon Tujik Oftunum Noya

The total population of Taxkorgan is 27,800, among them 84% Tajiks, 4% Han and 12% other nationalities. (Figures of 1995)

History

During the Han dynasty, Taxkorgan was known as Puli (Chinese: 蒲犁; pinyin: Púlí);[4] during the Tang dynasty, it was a protectorate of the Parthians, during the Yuan dynasty it was part of the Chaghatai empire. Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County was created in 1954 and is part of the district of Kashgar.

In August 2013 the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences announced that they excavated a cluster of Zoroastrian tombs in Taxkorgan.

Museum

Museum of Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan, 2011.

In Taxkorgan Town there is a museum that houses a few local artefacts, a photographic display and, in the basement, two mummies – one of a young woman about 18, and another of a baby about 3 months old which, however, was not hers. They are labelled as dating from the Bronze Age to the Warring States period (475-221 BCE). The mummies were discovered in the nearby Xiabandi Valley on the old caravan route to Yarkand. The valley has now been flooded for a hydro-electric project.

Towns and villages

Conventional Sarikoli
(in IPA)
Uyghur
(Ⱪona Yeziⱪ)
Uyghur
(Yenɡi Yeziⱪ)
Chinese Pinyin
Taxkorgan Towntɔʃqyrʁɔn buzurتاشقۇرغان بازىرىTaxⱪurƣan baziri塔什库尔干镇Tǎshìkù’ěrgàn Zhèn
Tajik Abati Town 塔吉克阿巴提镇Tǎjíkè Ābātí Zhèn
Tagarmataʁarmi diyurتاغارماTaƣarma 塔合曼鄉Tǎhémàn
Tiznaptiznef diyurتىزناپTiznap提孜那甫Tízīnàfǔ
Dafdarðavðɔr diyurدەفتەرDefter达佈达尔Dábùdá’ěr
Weqawatʃa diyurۋەچەWeqe瓦恰Wǎqià
Baldirbaldir diyurبەلدىرbaldir班迪尔Bāndí’ěr
Maryangmarjɔŋ diyurمارياڭMaryang马尔洋Mǎ'ěryáng
Burumsalbryŋsol diyurبۇرۇمسالBurumsal布倫木沙鄉Bùlúnmùshā
Datongtyŋ diyurداتۇڭDatung大同鄉Dàtóng
Koguxlukquʁuʃluʁ diyurقوغۇشلۇقⱩoƣuxluⱪ库克西力克Kùkèxīlìkè
Kokyarkɔkjar qirʁiz diyurكۆكيار قىرغىز يېزىسىKɵkyar Ⱪirƣiz yezisi科克亚尔柯尔克孜族乡Kēkèyà’ěr Kē’ěrkèzīzú xiāng
Mazarmazur mutʃaŋمازارMazar麻扎Mázhā
mulin tʃaŋ

Transportation

The county is served by Karakoram Highway, which runs through Taxkorgan Town.

See also

References

  1. Zhōngguó Shèhuì Kēxuéyuàn Mínzú Yánjiūsuǒ 中国社会科学院民族研究所 (ed.), Gāo’ěrqiāng 高尔锵 / Gawarjon: Tǎjíkè–Hàn cídiǎn 《塔吉克汉词典》 / Tujik ziv – Hanzu ziv lughot. Chengdu: Sìchuān mínzú chūbǎnshè 四川民族出版社, 1996.
  2. There is no official orthography for Tajik in China. This is the spelling used in the dictionary by Gawarjon.
  3. Zhōngguó dìmíng wěiyuánhuì 中国地名委员会: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó dìmínglù 《中华人民共和国地名录》. Beijing: Zhōngguó shèhuì chūbǎnshè 中国社会出版社, 1994; p. 706; 中华人民共和国分省地图集 , p. 122; Cuī Nǎifū 崔乃夫: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó dìmíng dà cídiǎn 《中华人民共和国地名大词典》. Beijing: Shāngwù yìnshūguǎn 商务印书馆, 2002; p. 6534.
  4. See the discussions in Hill, John E. (2009) Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, 1st to 2nd Centuries CE. BookSurge, Charleston, South Carolina. ISBN 978-1-4392-2134-1, Note 20.2, pp. 394-401.

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