Payiga Cemetery

Payiga Cemetery

Payiga Cemetery is a cultural relic protection unit under the jurisdiction of Yecheng.

Payiga Cemetery. Location of cultural relic: in a valley on the northern side of the Karakoram Mountains, approximately 20 km southwest of Pusa Village, Kekeya Township; Period: Unknown; Date of investigation and registration: 2017; Protection level: County-level; Protecting authority: County Cultural Relics Protection Management Office.

Coordinates of the protection zone and construction control area are as follows:

Northwest corner: Longitude 76°56′44.4″; Latitude 37°11′24.5″

Northeast corner: Longitude 76°56′48.1″; Latitude 37°11′25.5″

Southwest corner: Longitude 76°56′44.5″; Latitude 37°11′22.7″

Southeast corner: Longitude 76°56′46.2″; Latitude 37°11′22.6″

Elevation: 2,116 meters

Kekeya Township: Located 62 kilometers along National Highway 219, 219 km southwest of Yecheng County, Kekeya Township covers a total area of 3,662.5 square kilometers. It administers 17 administrative villages and 54 villager groups, with a total of 3,571 households and a population of 17,827. The township is home to two ethnic groups — the Uyghur and the Tajik, among which there are 132 Tajik households totaling 559 people. The total arable land area of the township is 11,984 mu, averaging 0.71 mu per capita. Due to the mountainous terrain, the villages are relatively scattered and are therefore managed in four zones: the Kekeya Zone (5 villages, 1,372 households, 6... More details about Kekeya Township++