Taheman Township

Taheman Township

Taheman township is located 32 kilometers to the north of Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, at the foot of "mostag peak", the roof of the world, beside National Highway 314, bordering the Republic of Tajikistan in the west, kirkyar Kirgiz ethnic township in the north and tiznapu Township in the south. With a total area of 831.84 square kilometers and an altitude of 3024-8163 meters. With continuous snow peaks, crisscross gullies and steep mountains, it is a mountainous plateau with crisscross peaks and valleys. The air is dry and thin, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. The annual average temperature is 3.3 ℃, the minimum temperature is - 43 ℃, and the frost free period is about 70 days. It belongs to a typical continental plateau arid desert climate, with an annual precipitation of 69 mm. The main natural disasters are gale, rainstorm, Blizzard and flood.

Taheman township has a Karasu port leading to the country, which is the north gate of Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, with a very important strategic position. The township is a Tajik dominated, Kirgiz, Han, Uygur common living township. It has four villagers' committees.

Historical evolution

Taheman Township means "surrounded by mountains on all sides", and is named after its location in taheman basin. Before liberation, it was taheman Township in Puli county. After liberation, it was the location of the first district in March 1950; in 1958, it was renamed "mostag people's commune"; in 1959, it was changed into taheman commune; in 1966, it was changed into Yuejin commune; in 1975, it was restored to taheman commune; in 1985, it was changed into taheman township.

natural resources

The terrain of taheman township is inclined from north to west, with complex landform. The soil is of sand and stone structure, so it is not easy to grow crops. There is taheman river flowing through the territory, and there are many marshes and excellent natural pastures on both sides, with rich groundwater.

Taheman township is rich in mineral resources, including more than 20 varieties of gold, hot spring water, iron, mica, crystal stone, pyrite, copper, iron ore, etc., and 14 types of high-quality mineral deposits. It has been proved that the available glacier water and hot spring water are of good quality, well-known at home and abroad, and have great development potential. There are many kinds of exotic flowers and plants and animals. There are snow leopard, argali, Qingyang, brown bear, eagle, Golden Eagle, snow chicken and many other rare animals in China. Snow lotus, Cynomorium songaricum, Zicao, Qinglan, kulumuti and other plateau precious Chinese herbal medicine.

economic development

The terrain of taheman township is inclined from north to west, with complex landform. The soil is of sand and stone structure, so it is not easy to grow crops. There is taheman river flowing through the territory, and there are many marshes and excellent natural pastures on both sides, with rich groundwater.

Taheman township has 7774 mu of arable land and 860000 mu of available grassland, 85% of which are distributed in high mountains and valleys above 3500 meters in summer. At the end of 2004, there were 19965 livestock in taheman Township, including 14229 school-age female livestock and 12613 young livestock, with a survival rate of 11158 and a survival rate of 97%. There were 7429 livestock in taheman Township, including 6826 commercial livestock, with an epidemic prevention rate of 100% and a per capita income of 100 yuan. Taheman Township took increasing investment in science and technology as an important means to increase grain yield, basically ending the original farming method of hand sowing. In agriculture, we should pay close attention to soil improvement and the selection of low yield fields, build water conservancy projects, and promote mechanized farming and sowing. There are 74 tractors in the township (71 of them are qualified). At the end of 2004, 3600 mu of land were cultivated by machine and 450 mu by machine. The total grain output is 431.2 tons, accounting for 156 kg of grain per capita. The per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen in the township was 1181 yuan, an increase of 172 yuan over the previous year.

Beautiful village

In the remote and mysterious Eastern Pamir Plateau, under the peak of mustag, by the lakeside of kalakuri, there is a basin of more than 7000 square kilometers. With continuous snow peaks and crisscross gullies, the altitude ranges from 3024 meters to 8163 meters, showing the characteristics of mountainous plateau with crisscross peaks and valleys. At the same time, with rich vegetation and simple folk customs, it is inhabited by multi-ethnic groups dominated by Tajik people, and it thrives. This is taheman, belonging to Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County. Tahman means "surrounded by mountains on all sides".

Address: taheman Township

Longitude: 75.215148925781

Latitude: 37.829310812825

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