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How many meters above sea level is Pamirs?

The average elevation of Pamirs is over 4500 meters. Pamirs means flat-topped houses. In ancient China, it was called Congling, where the ancient Silk Road passed. Located in the southeast of Central Asia and the westernmost tip of China, it spans Tajikistan, China and Afghanistan.

Pamir Plateau is the intersection of Kunlun Mountain, Karakorum Mountain, Hindu Kush Mountain and Tianshan Mountain, which spans the southwest of Xinjiang, the southeast of Tajikistan and the northeast of Afghanistan in China. The area is about 6,543,800 square kilometers.

China's Pamir Plateau is in the east, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar. It is bounded by Muji Valley and Tashkurgan Valley in the east, Kunlun Mountain in the west and Karakorum Mountain in the south. Northwest-southeast in the north and northwest-southwest-southeast in the south.

Pamir tourism strategy

Pamirs is divided into two parts: the East Pamirs is vast and consists of two northwest-southeast mountains and a group of valleys and lakes. The West Pamirs is composed of several roughly parallel alpine valleys in the northeast-southwest direction, with a relatively large topographic difference, characterized by high mountains and deep valleys.

Visit the Pamirs, mainly to Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County in the northeast, and ports in China such as Mustagaatta, Shicheng and Hongqi Lapu. Shitou Town is located in the north of Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, with an altitude of 3 100 meters. The terrain is extremely steep, and it is a famous ancient city site on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang.