Alashankou
Sign in to saveAlashankou () is a border city in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is a port of entry by both railroad and highway from Kazakhstan as part of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Alashankou is referenced by 241 other articles, and connects out to Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet, China and Kazakhstan.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm3rd_region, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under China–Kazakhstan border crossings, County-level divisions of Xinjiang and Populated places in Xinjiang.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Alashankou
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- CKD9C with freight train at Alashankou station.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Freight train arriving at Alashankou railway station
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Xinjiang Northern#Xinjiang#China
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Xinjiang
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Xinjiang
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Autonomous prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bortala
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.seat
- Alataw Subdistrict
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1,204
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Official name
- ᠠᠯᠠᠭ ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠠᠮᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
- Population
- 11097
- Area
- 1249.18
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.alsk.gov.cn
- Image
- 20060426051109.jpg
- Dialing code
- 909
- Licence plate code
- 新E
Show 3 more facts
- postal code
- 833418
- native label
- 阿拉山口
- Commons category
- Alashankou
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Transport
- Administrative divisions
- Climate
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Alashankou () is a border city in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is a port of entry by both railroad and highway from Kazakhstan as part of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
==Overview== The city is located at the Dzungarian Gate (Alashankou in Chinese), a pass connecting the two countries through the Dzungarian Alatau mountains. West of the pass, the port of entry on the Kazakhstan side is Dostyk. Alashankou is from Bole, from Ürümqi, and from Almaty. The weather in Alashankou is harsh.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alashankou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations