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
Dahongliutan
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Dahongliutan or simply Hongliutan is a village situated in Karakash river valley in the Hotan County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It is located along the China National Highway 219, and is the town just north of the disputed Aksai Chin region of China and India.
Dahongliutan army service station