Kangxiwar
Ghost town · People's Republic of China
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 36.206, 78.763
Why it was abandoned
⚒️ Mines & quarries
Detected automatically from the text: According to Chinese sources, Kangxiwar means "place with mine" in Uyghur.
History
Kangxiwar is the location of a deserted town on the southwest side of the Kunlun Mountains. It is on the bank of the Karakash River in the western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It is also the base of the route to Hotan from the Karakash valley via the Hindutash pass. According to Chinese sources, Kangxiwar means "place with mine" in Uyghur.