Qiemo Town

The oasis town of Qiemo or Cherchen is the capital of , , , . It is on the and at the foot of the Qilian Mountains, on the Southern Silk Route.
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  • Type: Town with 18,900 residents
  • Description: county-level town in Xinjiang, China
  • Also known as: “Ch’e-erh-ch’eng”, “Ch’ieh-mo”, “Ch’ieh-mo-ch’eng”, “Ch’ieh-mo-hsien”, “Ch’ien-mo”, “Charchan”, “Charchan Bazar”, “Cherchen”, “Cherchen Bazar”, “Qarqan”, “Qarqan Town”, “Qiemo”, “Qiemo Xian”, “Tchertchen”, “Tergen”, “Tjertjen”, “Tschertschen”, “Цемо”, “Цємо”, “چەرچەن بازىرى”, and “且末镇 چەرچەن”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cherchen.

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Qiemo County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Qarqan County, is a county under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, bordering the to the south.

Qiemo Town

Latitude
38.13537° or 38° 8′ 7″ north
Longitude
85.52963° or 85° 31′ 47″ east
Population
18,900
Elevation
1,252 metres (4,108 feet)
IATA airport code
IQM
Open location code
8MC74GPH+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6163447057
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1280249
Wiki­data ID
Q3360588
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Qiemo Town” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Qiemo Town”
  • Bulgarian: “Черчен”
  • Chinese: “且末”
  • Chinese: “且末县”
  • Chinese: “且末镇”
  • French: “bourg de Qiemo”
  • French: “Qiemo”
  • Gan Chinese: “且末镇”
  • German: “Qarqan”
  • Hungarian: “Csercsen”
  • Lithuanian: “Čerčenas”
  • Mongolian: “Черчен”
  • Persian: “شهر کیمو”
  • Russian: “Черчен”
  • Spanish: “Qiemo”
  • Uighur: “Qərqən”
  • Uighur: “Чәрчән”
  • Uighur: “چەرچەن”
  • Ukrainian: “Черчен”
  • Wu Chinese: “且末镇”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Tograklik and Qongkol.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 且末县人民医院 and 且末镇人民政府.

Xinjiang: Must-Visit Destinations

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