Afghanistan–China border

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The Afghanistan–China border is a remote, high-altitude frontier running through the narrow Wakhan Corridor in the Pamir Mountains, linking northeastern Afghanistan with China’s Xinjiang region.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international border ⓘ
land border ⓘ
borderRegionOnAfghanSide Wakhan District ⓘ
borderRegionOnChineseSide Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County ⓘ
linked to: Tashkurgan
borderStatus delimited and generally undisputed ⓘ
climate cold high-mountain climate ⓘ
countryBorder Afghanistan ⓘ
China ⓘ
createdFor buffer between British India and the Qing Empire ⓘ
demarcatedIn 1963 ⓘ
demarcationTreatySignedBy Kingdom of Afghanistan ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
establishedBy Anglo-Russian agreements on Central Asia ⓘ
Sino-Afghan boundary negotiations ⓘ
governedBy Sino-Afghan boundary agreement of 1963 ⓘ
hasBorderCrossing no official open crossing for civilians ⓘ
hasFeature glaciated valleys ⓘ
remote high plateaus ⓘ
steep mountain ridges ⓘ
hasLength approximately 57 miles ⓘ
approximately 92 km ⓘ
hasPopulationDensity very low ⓘ
hasRoadConnection no permanent road directly crossing the border ⓘ
hasSecurityConcern monitoring of cross-border militancy risk ⓘ
highestPoint over 4,900 metres above sea level ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
East Asia–Central Asia interface ⓘ
Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Wakhan Corridor ⓘ
lowestPoint over 4,300 metres above sea level ⓘ
near Karakoram region ⓘ
linked to: Karakoram

Pakistan ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
nearbyPass Irshad Pass ⓘ
Wakhjir Pass ⓘ
partOf Afghanistan–China relations ⓘ
passesThrough Wakhjir Pass vicinity ⓘ
separates Afghanistan ⓘ
Badakhshan Province ⓘ
China ⓘ
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Xinjiang
strategicRole historical buffer zone ⓘ
remote frontier with limited human settlement ⓘ
terrain high-altitude ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
timeZoneOnAfghanSide UTC+4:30 ⓘ
timeZoneOnChineseSide UTC+8 ⓘ
usedHistoricallyFor limited trans-Pamir trade routes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wakhan Corridor → borderFeature → Afghanistan–China border ⓘ
Afghan Border Police → jurisdiction → Afghanistan–China border ⓘ
Hunza–Nagar District → borderedBy → Afghanistan (via narrow Wakhan Corridor proximity) ⓘ
linked to: Afghanistan–China border
Afghanistan–China border → establishedBy → Sino-Afghan boundary negotiations ⓘ
linked to: Afghanistan–China border
Afghanistan–China border → governedBy → Sino-Afghan boundary agreement of 1963 ⓘ
linked to: Afghanistan–China border
Wakhjir Pass → partOf → Afghanistan–China border ⓘ