塔什库尔干,塔吉克语为“石头城” 的意思,是个仅有两万多人口的 塔吉克族自治县,也是古代西域 三十六国之一的蒲犁国所在地。它位于新 疆西南部的帕米尔高原,被逶迤雄峻的昆 仓山和喀喇昆仑山所包容。全县面积2500 平方公里,平均海拔400O米,属高寒山区, 由于和塔吉克斯坦、巴基斯坦、阿富汗等国 接壤,是军事管制区,过往行人需持边境通 行证和介绍信方可通过。 Taxkorgan and Tajikistan mean “Stone Town,” a Tajik Autonomous County with a population of more than 20,000 and the seat of Po Li State, one of the 36 nations in the ancient Western Regions. It is located in the Pamirs Plateau in southwestern Xinjiang and is encased by the magnificent Kunlun Mountains and the Karakorum Mountains. The county area of ​​2500 square kilometers, with an average elevation of 400O meters, is a mountainous area, as and Tajikistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries bordering the military control zone, past pedestrian holders of border passes and introduction letters before passing.