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Aksai Chin (general region) |
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Lat: 35 05 35 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.0931 decimal degrees |
Long: 079 32 23 E degrees minutes |
Long: 79.5397 decimal degrees |
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Note: The region was part of a territorial dispute between India and China in 1962. China retains control of 14,700 miles of the territory mostly in Xinjiang, though partly in Tibet. |
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Aksai Chin (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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A-k'o-sai-ch'en Huang-yuan (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Aksayqin (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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White Desert (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Aksai-Chin (C,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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