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Ruoqiang County or Charklik
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Ruoqiang, China

若羌县

Ruoqiang is a town of 9,872 people in Xinjiang, China.

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Population9,872 GeoNames
Local name若羌县
RegionXinjiang
Elevation896 m 2,940 ft
Time zoneAsia/Urumqi
Land area198,322.0 km²
Nearest airportRuoqiang Loulan Airport (RQA) 15 km

Why visit Ruoqiang

Townapedia lists 3 museums and landmarks in and around town.

Highlights include Charklik and Loulan Museum.

About Ruoqiang

Ruoqiang County (Chinese: 若羌县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Qakilik County (Uyghur: چاقىلىق ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 卡克里克县), is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China under the administration of the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It covers an area of 198,318 square kilometres (76,571 sq mi) (about twice the size of Zhejiang province and similar to Kyrgyzstan or Senegal), making it the largest county-level division in the country.

From the Wikipedia article Ruoqiang County (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museums and landmarks3

Charklik

Monument and historic site · 14.4 km

Archeology site in Ruoqiang

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Loulan Museum

Museum

Museum in Xinjiang, China

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楼兰博物馆

Museum

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History

The ancient settlement of Charklik was located in what is today Ruoqiang County.

The Charkhlik Revolt took place here in 1935 when Uyghurs revolted against the Hui-dominated Tunganistan, which was controlled by the 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army). The Uyghurs were defeated.

The county was established in 1902 as 婼羌 (Ruòqiāng, "recalcitrant Qiang"). In 1959, the less-offensive written form of "若羌" ("like the Qiang") was adopted. The Uyghur name of the county, "Çakilik", is transliterated in Chinese as "卡克里克" (Qiǎkèlǐkè).

On July 24, 2015, Tieganlike was changed from a township to a town.

From the History section of Ruoqiang County on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Map of Ruoqiang

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Getting there and nearby towns

Ruoqiang Loulan Airport (RQA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 15 km away.

  • Tieganlike 2 km northeast, about 2 min by car
  • Wutamu 3 km west, about 3 min by car
  • Bingtuan Sanshiliu Tuan 68 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
  • Waxxari 78 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car

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