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Images from Villages in Xinjiang, Western China

All images are the property of Rhett A. Butler / mongabay.com, copyright 2006. Contact me regarding use and reproduction.




These " Images from Villages in Xinjiang, Western China " were taken during my 2006 trip to China.

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Activity on Datong's road



Women walking in from fieldwork in Datong



Tajik village



Mud huts in western China



Tajik village in a valley on the way to Datong



Tajik village along the road to Datong



Tajik village along the road to Datong



Tajik village along the road to Datong



River along the road to Datong



Tajik village along the road to Datong



Mud wall and houses in a Tajik village



Adobe house



Tajik settlement



Valley in western Xinjang



Approaching Datong



Datong village, surrounded by mountains, partially powered by solar



Mud wall and adobe houses in Datong



Tajik adobe hut with bridge and mountains behind



Government-constructed homes, since abandoned, in a western China desert



Government-constructed village on a sand desert in western China



Tajik home along a highway in western China



Tajik mud hut





Tajik cemetary (tombs) in western China



Tajik cemetary in Xinjiang



Painted door in Kusrap



Boy running in village near Kusrap



Girl in Pink in village near Kusrap



Women walking in Kusrap



Muslim men in Kusrap



Muslim men with prayer mats in Kusrap



Couple in Kusrap



Kusrap Muslims



Outskirts of Kusrap



Arabic sign on a wall in Kusrap, China



Tajik mausoleum



Mother and children in the back of a cart



The road through an oasis town near Yarkand



Man with donkey cart in Yarkand



Man headed to market with a full donkey cart



Settlement between Datong and Yarkand



Women in Kusrap



Boy peaking from behind a wall



Little Tajik girl in Kusrap



Woman carrying water in Kusrap



Group of women in Kusrap



Muslim men leaving prayer at the mosque in Kusrap



Muslim returning home from the mosque with his prayer rug in hand



School children lined up in Kusrap



Kusrap women chatting



Elder in the village of Kusrap



Pigeons feeding on a grain bag in China



Kyrgyz or Tajik girl at a roadside stall near a passport control point on the Karakoram highway



Roadside stalls near a passport control point on the Karakoram highway



Mountains along road from Tashkorgan to Datong County



School kids



Tajik woman doing laundry



Xinjiang village



Chinese-constructed home in Tajik region of Xinjiang, China






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