Kashgar (known in Chinese as Kashi) is an oasis city with an approximate population of 350,000. It is the westernmost city in China, located near the border with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Kashgar has a rich history of over 2,000 years and served as a trading post and strategically important city on the Silk Road between China, the Middle East, and Europe.
Population: 274,717
Latitude: 39° 28' 14.38" N
Longitude: 75° 59' 22.24" E
Kashgar (known in Chinese as Kashi) is an oasis city with an approximate population of 350,000. It is the westernmost city in China, located near the border with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Kashgar has a rich history of over 2,000 years and served as…
Kashgar Airport (simplified Chinese: 喀什机场; traditional Chinese: 喀什機場; pinyin: Kāshí Jīchǎng, Uyghur: قەشقەر ئايىرپورت) (IATA: KHG, ICAO: ZWSH), also known as Kashi Airport, is an airport serving Kashgar (also known as Kashi), a city in Uyghur auton…
Kashgar Prefecture or Kashi Prefecture officially Kaxgar Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 喀什地区; traditional Chinese: 喀什地區; pinyin: Kāshí Dìqū; Uyghur: قەشقەر ۋىلايىتى, ULY: Qeshqer Wilayiti, UYY: K̡əxk̡ər Vilayiti?; also spelled Kashgar) is located …
Afaq Khoja (1626 – 1694) (Uyghur: ئاپاق خوجا), born Hidayat Allah, a.k.a. Apaq Xoja, or more properly Āfāq Khwāja (Persian: آفاق خواجه) was a religious and political leader with the title of Khwaja in Kashgaria (in modern-day southern Xinjiang).
The Afāq Khoja Mausoleum or Aba Khoja Mausoleum (Uyghur: Apakh Khoja Mazar) is the holiest Muslim site in Xinjiang.
Upal (simplified Chinese: 乌帕尔乡; traditional Chinese: 烏帕爾鄉; pinyin: Wūpà'ěr Xiāng) is a small town in western Xinjiang, China. The names comes from the Sanskrit: upál-, which means "a noble stone", sharing an Indo-European root to the Greek opallios …
Shipton's Arch, (Uyghur: تۆشۈك تاغ, ULY: töshük tagh; or Hole Mountain in Uyghur) and (simplified Chinese: 天门; traditional Chinese: 天門; pinyin: Tiānmén; Wade–Giles: Tianmen), meaning Heavenly Gate in Chinese, is a conglomerate natural arch, located…
Shule (Kashgar Yengisheher) County is a county situated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Kashgar Prefecture. It is located to the South of Kashgar City.
Kashgar Railway Station (喀什站) is the main railway station of Kashgar, Xinjiang, and the westernmost railway station in China.
The Shufu (Konasheher) County (Uyghur: قەشقەر كونا شەھەر ناھىيىسى, ULY: Qeshqer Konasheher Nahiyisi, UYY: Ⱪəxⱪər Konaxəⱨər Naⱨiyisi?) is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Kashgar Prefecture. It…
People's Park (Chinese: 人民公园; pinyin: Rénmín Gōngyuán) is an urban public park in the city of Kashgar in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, western China.