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Erkeshtam

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Also known as China Kyrgyzstan border crossing #1938, Irkeshtam, Irkestan

Erkeshtam, called Irkeshtam in Chinese and Dungan, or Erkech-Tam in Uyghur and Kyrgyz, is a border crossing between Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang, China, named after a village on the Kyrgyz side of the border in southern Osh Region. The border crossing is also called Simuhana (斯姆哈纳), after the first settlement on the Chinese side of the border, but Erkeshtam is now the more common name used in both countries.

Key facts

Mountain pass.name
Irkeshtam Pass
Mountain pass.photo
Chinese border post at Erkeshtam.jpg
Mountain pass.photo_caption
Chinese border post at Erkeshtam
Mountain pass.elevation_m
2,950
Mountain pass.location
Kyrgyzstan and China
Mountain pass.range
Pamir Range – Tian Shan
Mountain pass.traversed
AH65 – I-585 – I-62 – G3012
Mountain pass.map
China Xinjiang Southern# Kyrgyzstan
Mountain pass.label_position
top
Mountain pass.mapframe
yes
Mountain pass.mapframe zoom
6
Mountain pass.mapframe wikidata
yes
Settlement.official_name
Erkeshtam
Settlement.image_skyline
Irkeshtam_Village.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.image_caption
Trucks waiting to cross into China in the village of Erkeshtam
Settlement.pushpin_map
Kyrgyzstan
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
border city
Part of
China–Kyrgyzstan border
Country
China
Located in
Alay District
Elevation
3005
Time zone
UTC+06:00
Image
Irkeshtam.jpg
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Commons category
Erkeshtam
mountain range
Tianshan Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Location
  • History
  • Modern border crossing
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Footnotes
  • References
  • External links

Erkeshtam, called Irkeshtam in Chinese and Dungan, or Erkech-Tam in Uyghur and Kyrgyz, is a border crossing between Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang, China, named after a village on the Kyrgyz side of the border in southern Osh Region. The border crossing is also called Simuhana (斯姆哈纳), after the first settlement on the Chinese side of the border, but Erkeshtam is now the more common name used in both countries.

Erkeshtam is the westernmost border crossing in China. It is one of two border crossings between Kyrgyzstan and China, the other being Torugart, some to the northeast.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erkeshtam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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