The oasis town of Qiemo or Cherchen (Uyghur: چەرچەن, Чәрчән, Chinese: 且末; pinyin: Qiěmò; Uighur: Qarqan, also spelled Charchan) is the capital of Qiemo County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

It is on the Qiemo River and at the foot of the Qilian Mountains, on the Southern Silk Route.

The town is located along the ancient Jade Road that traded with the earliest Chinese dynasties, and Bronze Age rock carvings were found south of town along another ancient trade route to what is now Tibet.

[2] Mummies dated to 1,000 BCE were discovered at the Zaghunluq site less than six km southwest of the city center.

It was described in the Hanshu, chapter 96A thus: The seat of the government is the town of Ch'ieh-mo, and it is distant by 6820 li from Chang'an.