Alashankou
Alashankou is a border city in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is a port of entry by both railroad and highway from Kazakhstan as part of the Eurasian Land Bridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 13,000 residents
- Description: county-level city in Xinjiang, China
- Also known as: “Ālāshānkǒu” and “Alataw Pass”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alashankou.
Alashankou
Railway station
Photo: Yaohua2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alashankou railway station, also known as Alataw Pass railway station, is a railway station in Börtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Alashankou
- Categories: county-level city, border city, and locality
- Location: Bortala, Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.17073° or 45° 10′ 15″ northLongitude
82.56694° or 82° 34′ 1″ eastPopulation
13,000Elevation
307 metres (1,007 feet)IATA airport code
BPLOpen location code
8MQ45HC8+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 243520082OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Alashankou” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Alashankou”
- Chinese: “Alatavighizi-chhī”
- Chinese: “阿拉山口”
- Chinese: “阿拉山口市”
- Dutch: “Alashankou”
- French: “Alashankou”
- Gan Chinese: “阿拉山口市”
- Georgian: “ალაშანქოუ”
- German: “Alashankou”
- Italian: “Alashankou”
- Japanese: “阿拉山口市”
- Kikuyu: “Alashankou”
- Korean: “아라산커우시”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alatavighizi-chhī”
- Mongolian: “ᠠᠯᠠᠭ ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ”
- Persian: “گردنه آلاتاو”
- Russian: “Алашанькоу”
- Spanish: “Alashankou”
- Swedish: “Alashankou”
- Turkish: “Alashankou”
- Uighur: “Alatav Ighizi”
- Uighur: “ئالاتاۋ ئېغىزى”
- Ukrainian: “Алашанькоу”
- Urdu: “الاشانکوو”
- Vietnamese: “A Lạp Sơn Khẩu”
- Welsh: “Alashankou”
- Wu Chinese: “阿拉山口市”
- Yue Chinese: “阿拉山口”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Alataw Subdistrict and Ebinur.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 友谊公园 and 阿拉山口市人民法院.
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