Tegermansu Pass

Tegermansu Pass or Tigarman Su Pass (Kotal-e Tegermansu, Chinese: 托克满苏山口^[1]) is a closed mountain pass on the border between Afghanistan and China in Wakhan Corridor, in the Hindu Kush — Pamir mountain range.^[2] It is located between the Tegermansu Valley on the eastern end of the Little Pamir and Chalachigu Valley in Xinjiang, China. Historically, it was one of the three routes between China and Wakhan.^[3]

Tegermansu Pass
Kyrgyz camp near Tegermansu Pass as captured by Aurel Stein
Elevation	4,827 metres (15,837 ft)
Location	Wakhan, Badakhshan, Afghanistan - Taxkorgan, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
Range	Pamir Mountains
Coordinates	37.2844°N 74.7336°E / 37.2844; 74.7336
Tegermansu Pass

Tegermansu Pass
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	托克滿蘇達坂
Simplified Chinese	托克满苏达板
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tuōkèmǎnsū shānkǒu
Tok Man Su Daban
Traditional Chinese	托克滿素達坂
Simplified Chinese	托克满素达坂
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tuōkèmǎnsù dábǎn
Tigarman Su Pass
Traditional Chinese	鐵蓋滿蘇山口
Simplified Chinese	铁盖满苏山口
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tiěgàimǎnsū shānkǒu
Uyghur name
Uyghur	تەگىرمەنسۇ داۋانى‎
Persian name
Persian	دهلیز تگیرمان‌سو

On Chinese side, there is a Chinese border post in the valley below.^[4] There have been proposals and plans by Kashgar regional government to open this pass as a port of entry for economic purposes since the 1990s.^[5][6] However, this has yet to happen.

Tegerman Su is the name of the river valley on the Afghan side, easternmost part of Afghanistan.^[7] During the late 2000s, due to lawlessness, the Kirghiz in Afghanistan reported robbery and theft in Little Pamir by bandits from Tajikistan.^[7]

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  Stylized horse and bird, Tomb of Tegermansu I, Eastern Pamirs, Tajikistan, 4th century BCE
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  Map of Afghanistan-China Boundary including Tegermansu Pass (labeled as TĪGARMAN SŪ DAVĀN) (1969)^[a]

See also

• Afghanistan-China border
• Wakhjir Pass
• Beyik Pass
• Kilik Pass
• Mintaka Pass
• China–Tajikistan border
• China–Pakistan border

Notes

1. From map: "NAMES AND BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION ARE NOT NECESSARILY AUTHORITATIVE"