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Aksai Chin
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Aksai Chin is a high-altitude region in the Himalayas that is currently administered by China but claimed by India as part of its territory. The dispute over this remote, sparsely populated area has been a source of tension between the two countries since their 1962 war and remains unresolved today.
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- disputed territory
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Hotan Prefecture
- Area
- 37245
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Encyclopedic overview
Aksai Chin is a region administered by China and constituting the easternmost portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a dispute between India and China since 1959. China administers it as part of He'an County and Hekang County of Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, and Rutog County of Ngari Prefecture, Tibet. India claims the territory, considering it part of Leh district in the union territory of Ladakh.
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