Tashkurgan
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Tashkurgan, historically known as Sarikol and Shitoucheng, is a town in the far west of China, close to the country's border with Tajikistan. It is seat of Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, in the a
The Flying Eagle monument in front of Tashkurgan's National Culture and Art Centre
An ambassador from Qiepantuo to the Tang dynasty, in The Gathering of Kings, c. 650 CE
Tashkurgan is thought by some scholars to be the "Stone Tower" of Ptolemy, where caravans from the West met to trade with those from China.
Tashkurgan Fort in 1909
Karakoram Highway
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The Karakoram Highway, also known as the KKH, National Highway 35, N-35, and the China–Pakistan Friendship Highway, is a 1,300 km long national highway which extends from Hasan Abdal in the Punjab pro
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…of Wakhi speakers. Mandarin Chinese and Uyghur are also spoken. The Tashkurgan River begins just north of the Khunjerab Pass and flows north along the Karakoram Highway to Tashkurgan. Just north of Tashkurgan it turns east and flows through a gorge to the Tarim Basin where it joins the Yarkand River. Tashkurgan has a…
Aerial View of the Karakoram Highway in 2021
View of Rakaposhi along Karakoram Highway in 2014
Jingle trucks on the Karakoram Highway in 2001
Milestone near Besham in Pakistan.