Chuguchak

(in Chinese, T’ach’eng), a city in Northwest China, in the Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous Region. Situated in the southern foothills of the Tarbagatai Range, near the border with the USSR. Population, more than 30,000 (1957). Chuguchak is a transportation checkpoint on the highway from Urumchi to Aiaguz in the USSR. The city has flour-milling, wood-products, and leather enterprises. Uranium ores are mined in the Chuguchak area.