The entire Chalachigu Valley is closed to visitors. However, local residents and herders from the area are permitted access.[citation needed]
In March 2017, CCTV-7's Documentary for Military program[12] produced a mini-series covering the numerous border outposts in Chalachigu Valley.[13]
Mountain Passes
The western section of the Karachukar Valley
Chalachigu Valley
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The valley was a significant thoroughfare of the Silk Road during ancient times.[citation needed] Around the valley are numerous passes connecting to other countries:
^J. N. Price Wood (1910). "Travel & Sport in Turkestan". D. Appleton and Company. Descending the Killik Pass we emerged into the Karachukur Valley, here about two miles wide ... forms a wedge of Chinese territory driven in between Russia and India, and joins at its western end a similar narrow tongue of Afghanistan.
. Retrieved 2017-02-05. The western part is drained by the Chalachigu River, a branch of the Taxkorgan River which meets the Yarkant River north of the reserve.
^ ab姬文志; 王宝福; 王飞 (2015-07-30). "坚守在帕米尔高原上的边防军人" (in Chinese). photo.81.cn. Retrieved 23 December 2019. 卡拉其古柯尔克孜语是"黑洞"的意思,是古丝绸之路的重要关卡,也是瓦罕走廊中国通向境外的第一站,环境恶劣,位置重要。
^"Taxkorgan Nature Reserve". icimod.org. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. Retrieved 2017-02-05. Basically flat and in places more than 5km wide, the Taxkorgan Valley (the Taghdumbash Pamir on old maps) was part of the ancient Silk Route known viable population of Marco Polo sheep in China was confined to the western part of Chalachigu Valley
^"新疆边境行:记者抵达瓦罕走廊中方最西端(图)" [Xinjiang Border Tour: Reporter arrived at the Chinese westernmost point of Wakhan Corridor]. Sina News (in Chinese). Global Times. 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
^杨雪梅 (2016-09-09). "穿越瓦罕走廊(且行且思)" [Through the Wakhan Corridor]. people.gov.cn (in Chinese). People's Daily. Archived from the original on 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2017-02-05. 这里是瓦罕走廊第一村——排依克村
^赵戈 (2016-06-13). "瓦罕走廊转场日记". xj.xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2017-02-05. 瓦罕走廊中国境内唯一的村庄--阿特加依里村
^"军事纪实" [Documentary for Military]. CCTV-7. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
^于淑娟 (2014-12-24). "访谈︱侯杨方:追寻玄奘,在帕米尔复原丝绸之路". The Paper (thepaper.cn) (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-02-02. 玄奘从这里东南行经过排依克山口到达羯盘陀国...他经过的这个山口就是符合以上这些条件的唯一路径