class="apple-converted-space"> east of the Alay
Valley in southern Osh
Province,Kyrgyzstan.
It is one of the two main border crossings between Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang, China, the other being Torugart, some 165 km (103 mi) to the northeast. Both
passes lead to Kashgar, Irkeshtam from the west, and Torugart from the
north.