Tashidian () is a town in the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,

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. It is located on the

Kongque River The Kaidu River (; Uyghur: قايدۇ دەرياسى ;), also known under its ancient name Chaidu-gol, is a river in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China and an important source of water for the region. The Kaidu River is responsible ...

and national road G218, about 10 km to the north of Korla. The town was founded in an effort to access the natural resources of the area.Anwar Rahman, "Sinicization Beyond the Great Wall: China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region", Troubador Publishing Ltd, 2005, page 17
/ref> It is the site of a coal mine (Tashidian Union Mining Company) and thermoelectric power plant.
/ref> At Tashidian, the Kongque River is spanned by the Tashidian Bridge, a

stone arch An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct (a ...

road bridge with a span of 40m and a total length of 62 meters build in 1962. It is the largest stone arch bridge in Xinjiang The frost period in Tashidian lasts on average 187 days per year. Tashidian was made a part of Korla in 1979 and was given the status of town in March 2001. Around the same time, it had a population of about 20,000."Tashidian becomes a Town" (in Chinese)

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Populated places in Xinjiang {{Xinjiang-geo-stub