Shaksgam
The Trans-Karakoram Tract, also known as the Shaksgam Tract, is an area of approximately 5,200 km2 north of the Karakoram watershed, including the Shaksgam Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Area
- Description: area along the Shaksgam River
- Also known as: “Shaksgam Tract” and “Trans-Karakoram Tract”
Shaksgam
- Categories: valley and disputed territory
- Location: Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Shaksgam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة ما وراء قراقرم”
- Bhojpuri: “कराकोरम-पार इलाका”
- Catalan: “Extensió Trans-Karakoram”
- Chinese: “喀喇昆仑走廊”
- Dutch: “Shaksgam”
- French: “vallée de Shaksgam”
- French: “Vallée de Shaksgam”
- German: “Shaksgam-Tal”
- Hebrew: “אזור עבר קארקוראם”
- Hindi: “ट्रांस काराकोरम ट्रैक्ट”
- Hindi: “ट्रांस-काराकोरम ट्रैक्ट”
- Hindi: “शक्सगाम वादी”
- Hindi: “शक्स्गम घाटी”
- Indonesian: “Jalur Trans-Karakoram”
- Italian: “Shaksgam valley”
- Italian: “Shaksgam”
- Italian: “Trans-Karakorum”
- Italian: “Valle Shaksgam”
- Japanese: “カラコルム回廊”
- Japanese: “トランス・カラコルム地域”
- Kashmiri: “ٹرانس-کراکورم ٹریکٹ”
- Kashmiri: “شَکسگام عَلاقہٕ”
- Korean: “카라코람 회랑”
- Malayalam: “ട്രാൻസ്-കാരക്കോറം ട്രാക്റ്റ്”
- Persian: “منطقه ماورای قراقروم”
- Persian: “منطقه ماورای قرهقروم”
- Portuguese: “Vale de Shaksgam”
- Portuguese: “Vale Shaksgam”
- Russian: “Долина Кырчинбулака”
- Russian: “Долина Шаксгама”
- Spanish: “Valle Shaksgam”
- Tamil: “டிரான்ஸ்-காரகோரம் பாதை”
- Telugu: “ట్రాన్స్-కారకోరం ట్రాక్ట్”
- Turkish: “Şaksgam Vadisi”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Шаксгама”
- Urdu: “ماورائے قراقرم علاقہ”
- Western Panjabi: “قراقرم پرے علاقہ”
- “कराकोरम-पार इलाका”
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