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Multi-periodSite Name: Tashkurgan Alternative Name: TashkurghanCountry: China
NOTE: This site is 137.556 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Tashkurgan
Latitude: 37.772777N Longitude: 75.224444E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Ancient Silk Road town, 2000 years ago it was the capital of the Puli Kingdom. It is now the principal town of the Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County in Xinjiang.
Tashkurgan means "Stone Tower".
There is a small museum at the site of the old town.
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