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Dafdar

Dafdar
达布达尔
Village
达布达尔乡
Dafdar is located in Xinjiang
Dafdar
Dafdar
Location in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 37°24′24″N 75°24′34″E / 37.40667°N 75.40944°E / 37.40667; 75.40944Coordinates: 37°24′24″N 75°24′34″E / 37.40667°N 75.40944°E / 37.40667; 75.40944
Country People's Republic of China
Province Xinjiang
Prefecture Kashgar Prefecture
County Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County
Area
 • Total 28 km2 (11 sq mi)
Time zone China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Dafdar or Daftar (Chinese: 达佈达尔, pinyin: Dábùdá'ĕr) is a village in the disputed Taghdumbash Pamir located in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is inhabited by Wakhis. The village lies at an altitude of 3,400 m above sea level, just to the east of the Karakoram Highway.

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. The Mir erected a cairn in the village to evidence his control. The villagers stopped paying tribute to Hunza in 1937.

It is the northernmost point claimed by India as a part of the state Jammu and Kashmir.


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