Irkeshtam
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Irkeshtam, known in the Turkic languages as Erkech-Tam, is a mountain pass and border crossing between Xinjiang, China, and Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan. The closest Chinese settlement is Simhana.
Chinese border post at Erkeshtam
Trucks waiting to cross into China from Kyrgyzstan
Parts from broken vehicles on the Kyrgyz side of the border
China–Kyrgyzstan border
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The China–Kyrgyzstan border is 1,063 km in length and runs from the tripoint with Kazakhstan following a roughly south-west line across various mountain ridges and peaks of the Tian Shan range down to
Irkeshtam
…tons of goods passed through the Irkeshtam Border Crossing, which ranked fourth among border crossings in Xinjiang by the tonnage of goods processed. China–Kyrgyzstan border Jigin, westernmost township of China, located near Irkeshtam…
Boundary stone between China and Kyrgyzstan
The Sino-Russian border set forth in the Protocol of Chuguchak (1864). Today's Sino-Kazakh/Kyrgyz border largely follows the line set in this protocol, with only fairly small changes
near Almaty
near Aksu City