Xinjiang
Dzungarian
Altay Prefecture

Burqin

Burqin is a city in the northern part of Uygur Autonomous Region, near the Russian border. Hemu Village and Kanas Scenic area are located in Burqin, and it begins to snow during September-October every year, is a good place for skiing.
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  • Type: City with 72,900 residents
  • Description: county
  • Also known as: “Burchum”, “Burchun”, “Burdjin-hsien”, “Burqin County”, “Pu-erh-chin”, “Pu-erh-ching”, “Pu-erh-ching-ch’eng”, “Pu-erh-ching-chen”, “Pu-erh-ching-hsien”, and “Puerhtsin”
Photo: Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Burqin

Latitude
47.7006° or 47° 42′ 2″ north
Longitude
86.8722° or 86° 52′ 20″ east
Population
72,900
Elevation
471 metres (1,545 feet)
IATA airport code
KJI
United Nations Location Code
CN BRJ
Open location code
8MV8PV2C+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244076973
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1529574
Wiki­data ID
Q1016896
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Burqin” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Burqin-koān”
  • Chinese: “布尔津”
  • Chinese: “布尔津县”
  • Chinese: “布爾津”
  • Chinese: “布爾津河設治局”
  • Chinese: “布爾津設治局”
  • Dutch: “Burqin”
  • French: “Burqin”
  • French: “Comté de Burqin”
  • French: “xian de Burqin”
  • French: “Xian de Burqin”
  • Gan Chinese: “布尔津县”
  • German: “Bu’erjin”
  • German: “Burqin”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Μπουρτσίν”
  • Italian: “Contea di Burqin”
  • Japanese: “ブルチン県”
  • Japanese: “布爾津県”
  • Kazakh: “Буыршын (аудан)”
  • Kazakh: “Буыршын”
  • Kazakh: “بۋىرشىن اۋدانى”
  • Korean: “부얼진현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Burqin-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Buerjin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Burqin”
  • Norwegian: “Burqin”
  • Persian: “شهرستان بورچین”
  • Russian: “Бурчун (город)”
  • Russian: “Бурчун”
  • Spanish: “Burqin”
  • Swedish: “Burqin”
  • Turkish: “Burçin ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Burçin İlçesi”
  • Uighur: “Burchin nahiyisi”
  • Uighur: “Burchin”
  • Uighur: “Бурчин”
  • Uighur: “بۇرچىن ناھىيىسى”
  • Uighur: “بۇرچىن”
  • Ukrainian: “Бурчун”
  • Urdu: “بورچین کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Bố Nhĩ Tân”
  • Vietnamese: “Burqin”
  • Wu Chinese: “布尔津县”
  • Yue Chinese: “布爾津”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Burqin”. Photo: 余华峰, CC BY-SA 3.0.