Dafdar
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Dafdar,Template:Efn also spelled Daftar,[1] is a township in the Taghdumbash Pamir located in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. The township is located near the China–Pakistan border.[2][3] The southern part of the township is located in the Trans-Karakoram Tract claimed by India.[4]
Name
Dafdar means "door" or "gateway" in the Sarikoli language, spoken by Chinese Tajiks.[2]
History
The area has been used for grazing by various pastoral people in the region for centuries.[6]
During the Qing dynasty, the Chinese claimed suzerainty over the area but permitted the Mir of Hunza to administer the region in return for a tribute.[7] According to British colonial sources, this arrangement started during early Ayosh dynasty of Mir of Hunza, as the Mir conquered the Kirghiz nomads of Taghdumbash Pamir.[8] The Mir erected a cairn in the village to evidence his control. The tribute system continued up until 1937.[6][7]
In 1875, British explorers recorded that Dafdar did not have a permanent settlement, but that it was used a caravan camp on the route between Tashkurgan and Hunza Valley.[9] In the early 1900s, a group of Wakhi settled here with the consent of the Chinese authority.[10][6]
In March 1950, Dafdar Township was established.[2]
In 1959, Dafdar Township became a commune.[2]
In 1966, Dafdar Commune was renamed Xianfeng Commune ('pioneer commune', Script error: No such module "Lang".).[2]
In 1975 in the closing days of the Cultural Revolution, the original name was restored.[2]
In February 1985, Dafdar Commune was made a township.[2]
Emerald deposits were discovered in Dafdar in 2003. These emeralds show similar chemical fingerprints to Afghan emeralds from Panjshir Valley.[11]
Geography
K2, the second highest mountain on Earth, is located in the Trans-Karakoram Tract[4] on the China-Pakistan border in Dafdar.[3]
Dafdar village lies at an altitude of 3,400 m above sea level, just to the east of the Karakoram Highway.[6]
Administrative divisions
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- Dafdar (Script error: No such module "Lang".)(Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Bayik (Atejiayili Script error: No such module "Lang".)(Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Raskam (Resikamu Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".)(Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Post Doctor (Script error: No such module "Lang".)(Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Khunjerab (Script error: No such module "Lang".)(Script error: No such module "Lang".)
Demographics
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It is inhabited by Wakhis.[13]
As of the 2000s, there was one mosque in the township and twelve religious professionals.[2]
Transportation
See also
- Shaksgam River
- Chalachigu Valley
- Trans-Karakoram Tract
- Yinsugaiti Glacier
- Sarpo Laggo Glacier
- List of township-level divisions of Xinjiang
Notes
References
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