Khorgos
County-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Korgas" redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Korgas, Iran.
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.
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Khorgos
Korgas, Khorgas, Horgos | |
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Coordinates: 44°12′45″N 80°24′35″E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
Autonomous prefecture | Ili |
Municipal seat | Qarasu Subdistrict |
Area | |
• Total | 1,675 km2 (647 sq mi) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 71,466 |
• Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time[lower-alpha 1]) |
Website | www |
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 霍尔果斯市 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 霍爾果斯市 | ||||||
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Uyghur name | |||||||
Uyghur | قورغاس شەھىرى | ||||||
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Russian name | |||||||
Russian | Хоргос | ||||||
Romanization | Khorgos | ||||||
Kazakh name | |||||||
Kazakh | قورعاس قالاسى Қорғас қаласы Qorğas qalası | ||||||
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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