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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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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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