Koxtag

Koxtag[3] (Kuoshitage, Qoshtagh, Kuoshi Tage, K'o-shih-t'a-ko; قوشتاغ بازىرى / 阔什塔格镇, formerly قوشتاغ يېزىسى / 阔什塔格乡) is a town in Pishan/Guma County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

[2] In 1978, Yuejin Commune was renamed Koxtag Commune (Keshitage; 科什塔格公社).

[2] The 2011 Pishan hostage crisis occurred in Koxtag.

On July 24, 2015, Koxtag was changed from a township to a town.

[4] Koxtag includes one residential community and fifteen villages:[5][6] Residential community (Mandarin Chinese Hanyu Pinyin-derived names except where Uyghur is provided): Villages: This Xinjiang location article is a stub.

Map including Koxtag (Ko-shih-t'a-ko [ sic ]) ( DMA , 1984)