Tar Tajik Township

Tar Tajik Township (تار تاجىك يېزىسى ) is an ethnic township for Chinese Tajiks in Akto County, in Xinjiang, China. Located in the southernmost part of the county, the township covers an area of 1,009.7 square kilometers with a population of 5,408 (as of 2015 ). It has 8 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. Its seat is Bag Village (巴格村).

Name
The name "Tar" is from the Sarikoli language and means "narrow". The township was so-named because it is located in a narrow river valley in the mountains.

Geography and resources
Tar is the southernmost township of Akto County, located in the western Kunlun Mountains. It is bordered by Qarlung Township to the north and east, and Taxkorgan County to the south and west. It has an area of 1,009.7 square kilometers with 422.59 hectares of arable land. Its seat, Bag Village, is 420 kilometers away from the county seat, Akto Town. As of 2015, the township has 1,410 households and a population of 5,408.

Administrative divisions
The township has 8 administration villages and 12 unincorporated villages under its jurisdiction.

8 administration villages:
 * Akkum Village (Akekumu 阿克库木村)
 * Almalek Village (Alemaleke 阿勒玛勒克村)
 * Bag Village (Bage 巴格村)
 * Bagegiz Village (Bage'aigezi 巴格艾格孜村)
 * Beldir Village (Bieledi'er 别勒迪尔村)
 * Hoxabati Village (Huoxi'abati 霍西阿巴提村)
 * Kuzu Village (库祖村 )
 * Tarabati Village (Ta'er'abati 塔尔阿巴提村)

Unincorporated villages
 * Kengsaz (康萨孜)