Khorgas also known as Huoerguosi, Huocheng, Khorgos, Chorgos and Gorgos, is a Chinese town near the border with Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

. It is located in Huocheng County

Huocheng County

The Huocheng County is situated within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It's located between Yining and the border to Kazakhstan, occupies an area of 5,466 km² and has a population of 360,000...

 in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture , in northernmost Xinjiang, is the only Kazakh autonomous prefecture of the People's Republic of China.-Geography and coordinates:The following figures excludes both Tacheng Prefecture and Altay Prefecture....

 of Xinjiang

Xinjiang

Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...

 Autonomous Region. The town on the Kazakh side of the border is also known as Khorgos .

Transportation

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

External links

• Xinjiang's Land Ports and Border Trade