China National Highway 219
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China National Highway 219 is a highway which runs along the entire western and southern border of the People's Republic of China, from Kom-Kanas Mongolian ethnic township in Xinjiang to Dongxing in Guangxi. At over 10,000 kilometres (6,214 mi) long, it is part of the China National Highway Network Planning (2013–2030), and once completed it will be the longest National Highway.
G219 in Barga Township, Tibet
G219 in Burang, Tibet
Few kilometers south of the border between Xinjiang and Tibet on the G219.
Kangxiwar
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Kangxiwar is the location of a deserted town on the southwest side of the Kunlun Mountains. It is on the bank of the Karakash River in the western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It is also the base of the route to Hotan from the Karakash valley via the Hindutash pass. According to Chinese sources, Kangxiwar means "place with mine" in Uyghur.
Kangxiwar memorial signage
NASA satellite image showing the towns of Sumgal in Ladakh and Pusa in southwestern Hotan, and the Hindu-tash Pass connecting them. The pass is marked in bright red.
"The Chain of the Kuenlúen, from Súmgal, in Turkistán" by Hermann Schlagintweit
G216 near Kangxiwar Daban in 2012 before it was paved