Khorgos
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Khorgos (from ; ), officially known as Korgas (Kazakh: ; ), is a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It straddles the country's border with Kazakhstan; on the Kazakh side of the border is a city also named Horgos in Russian and Korgas in Kazakh.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Khorgos is referenced by 336 other articles, and connects out to China, Kazakhstan and Russian.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city_region, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under China–Kazakhstan border crossings, County-level divisions of Xinjiang and Dry ports.
Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Khorgos
- Settlement.other_name
- Horgos, Korgas, Khorgas, Qorghas
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Xinjiang Northern#Xinjiang#China
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Xinjiang
- 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
- Ili
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.seat
- Qarasu Subdistrict
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1,675
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Official name
- قالاسى قورعاس
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
- Population
- 71466
- Area
- 1908.49
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.xjhegs.gov.cn
- Image
- Chinese-Kazakh Khorgas border.jpg
- Dialing code
- 999
- Licence plate code
- 新F
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- twinned administrative body
- Baiyin
- Commons category
- Khorgos
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Khorgos (from ; ), officially known as Korgas (Kazakh: ; ), is a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It straddles the country's border with Kazakhstan; on the Kazakh side of the border is a city also named Horgos in Russian and Korgas in Kazakh.
Khorgos area is a hub of the New Eurasian Land Bridge, 200 km from the Alataw Pass, the historically important Dzungarian Gate, with a cross-border visa-free special economic zone for trade and shopping (ICBC), a dry port for transporting goods and two new cities, one on either side of the border.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khorgos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations