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Mountain ranges of Xinjiang (3 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Mountains of Xinjiang" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
The Han Communists in the central government denied the name Xinjiang was colonialist and denied that the central government could be colonialists both because they were communists and because China was a victim of colonialism. However, due to the Uyghur complaints, the administrative region would be named "Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ...
Southern Xinjiang or Nanjiang (Chinese: 南疆; pinyin: Nánjiāng) is the southern half of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Its historical name was Altishahr ( Chinese : 回部 ; pinyin : Huíbù ), which also includes some territories in modern-day Afghanistan , Kyrgyzstan , and Tajikistan .
It is limited to mountain peaks with, if known, an elevation of at least 200 metres (660 feet) above sea level, and may include those considered as hills. The distinction between a hill and a mountain in terms of elevation is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally considered to be less tall and less steep than a mountain. [2]
The Makan Map is the first multi-language atlas of the Xinjiang. [6] It has been created in four languages: Uyghur , Chinese, French and English. The current version is the second version of the Makan Map. [ 1 ]
Details of a map of Central Asia (1878) showing the Hindu-tagh Pass and Khotan in Xinjiang as well as the northern border regions of the British Indian Empire (which included the Kashmir region). [1] The international border is shown in the two-toned purple and pink band. The mountain passes are shown in bright red.
Jengish Chokusu or Victory Peak [note 1] is the highest mountain in the Tian Shan mountain system in Central Asia at 7,439 metres (24,406 ft). It lies on the China–Kyrgyzstan border between the Ak-Suu District in the Issyk-Kul Region of far Eastern Kyrgyzstan and Wensu County, Xinjiang, China.