Khorgas

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The 1758 Victory of Khorgos, a 1774 engraving by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-1783), after Jean-Denis Attiret (1702-1768). Louvre Museum.

Khorgas (simplified Chinese: 霍尔果斯; traditional Chinese: 霍爾果斯; pinyin: Huò'ěrguǒsī, Uyghur: قورعاس‎, Qorğas), also known as Huoerguosi, Huocheng, Khorgos, Chorgos and Gorgos, is a Chinese town near the border with Kazakhstan. It is located in Huocheng County in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang Autonomous Region. The town on the Kazakh side of the border is also known as Khorgas (Kazakh: Қорғас, Qorğas, Russian: Хоргос, Khorgos).

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The Jinghe-Yining-Khorgas Railway was completed in late 2009 now provides train service from Ürümqi and Ghulja (Yining) to Khorgos.[1] Passenger service from Ürümqi (started on July 1, 2010), however, only operates to Ghulja, and not all the way to Khorgos.[2][3]

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Coordinates: 44°07′32″N 80°24′52″E / 44.12556°N 80.41444°E / 44.12556; 80.41444


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