Aksai Chin

Aksai Chin is a region administered by partly in and of , , and partly in of , , and constituting the easternmost portion of the larger region that has been the subject of a dispute between India and China since 1959.
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: disputed territory administered by China
  • Also known as: A-k’o-sai-ch’en Huang-yuan” and “White Desert

Aksai Chin

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
Geo­Names ID
1281780
Wiki­data ID
Q230830
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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
  • Belarusian: Аксайчын
  • Bengali: আকসাই চীন
  • Bhojpuri: अक्साई चिन
  • Catalan: Akesai Qin
  • Catalan: Akesaiqin
  • Catalan: Aksai Chin
  • Catalan: Aksayqin
  • Chinese: 阿克塞钦
  • Chinese: 阿克賽欽
  • Chinese: 阿克赛钦
  • Czech: Aksai Chin
  • Czech: Aksai Čin
  • Dutch: Aksai Chin
  • Esperanto: Akesajĉino
  • Esperanto: Akesajĉino
  • Esperanto: Aksai Chin
  • Estonian: Aksai Chin
  • Finnish: Aksai Chin
  • French: Aksai Chin
  • Galician: Aksai Chin
  • German: Aksai Chin
  • Greek: Ακσάι Τσιν
  • Hebrew: אקסאי צ’ין
  • Hindi: अकसाई चिन
  • Hindi: अक्साई चिन
  • Hindi: अक्साई चीन
  • Indonesian: Aksai Chin
  • Italian: Aksai Chin
  • Italian: Soda Plains
  • Japanese: アクサイ・チン
  • Japanese: アクサイチン
  • Kannada: ಅಕ್ಸಾಯ್ ಚಿನ್
  • Kashmiri: اکسائی چِن
  • Kashmiri: اَکسہ چِن
  • Kirghiz: Аксайчин
  • Korean: 아커사이친
  • Korean: 아크사이 친
  • Korean: 아크사이친
  • Korean: 악사이 친
  • Korean: 악사이친
  • Lithuanian: Aksai Činas
  • Macedonian: Аксај Чин
  • Macedonian: Аксајчин
  • Malayalam: Aksai Chin
  • Malayalam: അക്സായിചിൻ
  • Malayalam: അക്സായ് ചിൻ
  • Marathi: अक्साई चिन
  • Nepali: अक्साई चिन
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Aksai Chin
  • Norwegian: Aksai Chin
  • Ossetian: Аксайчин
  • Panjabi: ਅਕਸਾਈ ਚਿਨ
  • Persian: اقصای چین
  • Persian: اقصی چین
  • Persian: اکسائی چن
  • Polish: Akesaiqin
  • Polish: Aksai Chin
  • Polish: Aksai Czin
  • Polish: Aksayqin
  • Portuguese: Aksai Chin
  • Russian: Аксай Чин
  • Russian: Аксайчин
  • Scots: Aksai Chin
  • Slovenian: Aksai Čin
  • Spanish: Aksai Chin
  • Spanish: Aksai
  • Sundanese: Aksai Chin
  • Swedish: Aksai Chin
  • Tamil: அக்சய் சின்
  • Tamil: அக்சாய் சின்
  • Telugu: అక్సాయ్ చిన్
  • Thai: อักไสชิน
  • Turkish: Aksai Çin
  • Turkish: Aksay Çin
  • Uighur: ﺋﺎﻗﺴﺎﻱ ﭼﯩﻦ / Аксаи Чин
  • 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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