Khorgos

Khorgos
霍尔果斯市 (Chinese)
قورعاس قالاسى (Kazakh)
قورغاس شەھىرى (Uyghur)
Korgas, Khorgas, Horgos
China–Kazakhstan border crossing at Khorgos
China–Kazakhstan border crossing at Khorgos
Khorgos is located in Dzungaria
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Location in Xinjiang
Khorgos is located in Xinjiang
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Khorgos (Xinjiang)
Khorgos is located in China
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Khorgos (China)
Coordinates: 44°12′45″N 80°24′35″E / 44.21250°N 80.40972°E / 44.21250; 80.40972
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
Autonomous prefectureIli
Municipal seatQarasu Subdistrict
Area
 • Total1,675 km2 (647 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total71,466
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard Time[a])
Websitewww.xjhegs.gov.cn
Khorgos
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese霍尔果斯市
Traditional Chinese霍爾果斯市
Uyghur name
Uyghurقورغاس شەھىرى
Russian name
RussianХоргос
RomanizationKhorgos
Kazakh name
Kazakhقورعاس قالاسى
Қорғас қаласы
Qorğas qalası

Khorgos (from Russian: Хоргос), officially known as Korgas[2] (from Kazakh: قورعاس), is a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It straddles the country's border with Kazakhstan;[3] 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.[4][5]: 24 

  1. ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  2. ^ The official spelling according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù, 中国地名录 (Beijing, SinoMaps Press 中国地图出版社 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4
  3. ^ Reid Standish (1 October 2019). "China's Path Forward Is Getting Bumpy". theatlantic.com. 2nd paragraph of article: The Atlantic. Retrieved 17 March 2020. Straddling the Kazakh-Chinese border, a collection of cranes, railways, and buildings rises out of a barren stretch of desert surrounded by towering mountains to form the backbone of the Khorgos Gateway{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ "Khorgos and Zharkent travel guide". Caravanistan. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  5. ^ Curtis, Simon; Klaus, Ian (2024). The Belt and Road City: Geopolitics, Urbanization, and China's Search for a New International Order. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300266900.


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