Taxkorgan

English

Map including Taxkorgan
T'a-shih-k'u-erh-kan (DMA, 1985)

Alternative forms

• Tashkurgan

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur تاشقورغان (tashqorghan).

Proper noun

Taxkorgan

1. A Tajik autonomous county in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
   • [1977 November 25 [1977 November 20], “Sinkiang Archeological Find Refutes Soviet Distortion of History”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 227, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Urumchi Sinkiang Regional Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, page M 2:

     The archeological office of the Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region museum discovered a large number of ancient tombs in Tashihkuerhkan Tadzhik Autonomous County.]

   • 1990, Great Journeys‎^[1], Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 35:

     The wind had smoothed its sand over the nearby mountains, turning them to ghosts. And beyond the snow-mass of Muztagata we entered the valley of Taxkorgan, the last town in the west.

   • 1993, “TAJIK NATIONALITY”, in 曾庆南 [Zeng Qingnan], 张纬雯 [Zhang Weiwen], editors, 中国少数民族风情录 [In Search of China's Minorities]‎^[2], Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 108:

     Totaling 33,000, the Tajik nationality is mostly concentrated in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, east of the Pamirs in southwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The rest are scattered in a few counties south of the Tianshan Mountains within the same autonomous region.

   • [2003, Ma Rong, “Population Distribution and Relations Among Ethnic Groups in the Kashgar Region, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region”, in China's Minorities on the Move: Selected Case Studies‎^[3], East Gate Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114:

     Tash Qurghan is an autonomous county for the Tajik, therefore the majority of the population is Tajik.]

   • 2017 May 10, Adam Jourdan, “Eight killed when magnitude 5.5 earthquake hits China's northwest”, in Paul Tait, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 11 May 2017, Environment:

     The China Earthquake Administration (CEA) said the quake occurred in the remote Taxkorgan County area of Kashgar Prefecture at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Xinhua said in a microblog post 11 people were also injured.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Taxkorgan.
2. A town in Taxkorgan, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Tashiku’ergan, T'a-shih-k'u-erh-kan
• Tash Kurghan

Derived terms

• Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County

 

Translations

autonomous county in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China; a town in Taxkorgan, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塔什庫爾干 / 塔什库尔干 (zh) (Tǎshíkù'ěrgān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Sarikoli: Toxkhürghon
• Shughni: Tošqurɣun, Тошқург̌ун (Tōšqurɣ̌un)
• Uyghur: تاشقۇرغان (tashqurghan)