Aksai Chin
Aksai Chin is a region administered by China and constituting the easternmost portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a border dispute between China and India since 1959.
- Type: Region
- Description: disputed territory administered by China
- Also known as: “A-k’o-sai-ch’en Huang-yuan”, “Akesai Qin”, “Akesaiqin”, “Aksai”, “Aksai Czin”, “Aksayqin”, “Soda Plains”, “White Desert”, “Аксай Чин”, “Аксайчын”, “Аксај Чин”, “ﺋﺎﻗﺴﺎﻱ ﭼﯩﻦ / Аксаи Чин”, “اقصای چین”, “अकसाई चिन”, “अक्साई चीन”, “அக்சய் சின்”, “അക്സായിചിൻ”, “아커사이친”, “아크사이 친”, “아크사이친”, “악사이 친”, “アクサイ・チン”, and “阿克塞钦”
Aksai Chin
- Category: disputed territory
- Location: China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.09309° or 35° 5′ 35″ north
Longitude
79.53966° or 79° 32′ 23″ east
Elevation
4,948 metres (16,234 feet)
Open location code
8J7X3GVQ+6V
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Aksai Chin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أكساي تشين”
- Armenian: “Աքսայչին”
- Assamese: “আকছাই চীন”
- Asturian: “Aksai Chin”
- Azerbaijani: “Aksayçin”
- Basque: “Aksai Chin”
- Belarusian: “Аксай Чын”
- Bengali: “আকসাই চীন”
- Bhojpuri: “अक्साई चिन”
- Catalan: “Aksai Chin”
- Chinese: “阿克賽欽”
- Chinese: “阿克赛钦”
- Czech: “Aksai Čin”
- Dutch: “Aksai Chin”
- Esperanto: “Akesajĉino”
- Esperanto: “Akesajĉino”
- Estonian: “Aksai Chin”
- Finnish: “Aksai Chin”
- French: “Aksai Chin”
- Galician: “Aksai Chin”
- Georgian: “აქსაი ჩინი”
- German: “Aksai Chin”
- Greek: “Ακσάι Τσιν”
- Hebrew: “אקסאי צ’ין”
- Hindi: “अक्साई चिन”
- Indonesian: “Aksai Chin”
- Italian: “Aksai Chin”
- Japanese: “アクサイチン”
- Kannada: “ಅಕ್ಸಾಯ್ ಚಿನ್”
- Kashmiri: “اَکساہی چِن”
- Kashmiri: “اکسایی چِن”
- Kirghiz: “Аксайчин”
- Korean: “악사이친”
- Lithuanian: “Aksai Činas”
- Macedonian: “Аксајчин”
- Malayalam: “അക്സായ് ചിൻ”
- Marathi: “अक्साई चिन”
- Nepali: “अक्साई चिन”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aksai Chin”
- Norwegian: “Aksai Chin”
- Ossetian: “Аксайчин”
- Panjabi: “ਅਕਸਾਈ ਚਿਨ”
- Persian: “اقصی چین”
- Persian: “اکسائی چن”
- Polish: “Aksai Chin”
- Portuguese: “Aksai Chin”
- Russian: “Аксайчин”
- Scots: “Aksai Chin”
- Slovenian: “Aksai Čin”
- Spanish: “Aksai Chin”
- Sundanese: “Aksai Chin”
- Swedish: “Aksai Chin”
- Tamil: “அக்சாய் சின்”
- Telugu: “అక్సాయ్ చిన్”
- Thai: “อักไสชิน”
- Turkish: “Aksai Çin”
- Turkish: “Aksay Çin”
- Uighur: “ﺋﺎﻗﺴﺎﻱ ﭼﯩﻦ”
- Ukrainian: “Аксай-Чин”
- Urdu: “اکسائی چن”
- Vietnamese: “Aksai Chin”
- Western Panjabi: “اکسائی چن”
- Yue Chinese: “阿克賽欽”
- “अक्साई चिन”
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