Kashgar Prefecture
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Kashgar Prefecture,[3][4][5][6][7][8] also known as Kashi Prefecture,[9][10] is located in southwestern Xinjiang, China, located in the Tarim Basin region (roughly the southern half of Xinjiang). It has an area of 112,057 km2 (43,265 sq mi) and 4,496,377 inhabitants at the 2020 census[11] with a population density of 35.5 inhabitants/km2. The capital of the prefecture is the city of Kashgar which has a population 506,640.[12]
Quick Facts قەشقەر ۋىلايىتى喀什地区Kashagiri, Srikrirati, Kashi, K'a-shih, Country ...
Kashgar Prefecture
قەشقەر ۋىلايىتى 喀什地区 Kashagiri, Srikrirati, Kashi, K'a-shih | |
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Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Xinjiang |
Prefecture seat | Kashgar[1] |
County-level divisions | 1 county-level city, 11 counties[1] |
Area | |
• Prefecture | 112,057 km2 (43,265 sq mi) |
• Urban | 555 km2 (214 sq mi) |
• Metro | 555 km2 (214 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census) | |
• Prefecture | 4,496,400 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
• Urban | 400,225 |
• Urban density | 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
• Metro | 400,225 |
Ethnic groups | |
• Major ethnic groups | Uyghur, Han Chinese |
GDP[2] | |
• Prefecture | CN¥ 136.9 billion US$ 20.4 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 28,714 US$ 4,269 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 844000 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-XJ-31 |
License Plate | 新Q |
Website | Kashgar Prefecture Government |
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Quick Facts Uyghur name, Uyghur ...
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Uyghur | قەشقەر ۋىلايىتى | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 喀什地区 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 喀什地區 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Kāshí Dìqū | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 喀什噶尔地区 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 喀什噶爾地區 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | PRC Standard Mandarin: Kāshígá'ěr Dìqū ROC Standard Mandarin: Kàshígé'ěr Dìqū | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kyrgyz | ﻗﺎﺵﻗﺎﺭ وﺑﻞﯗﺳﯗ Кашкар облусу Kaşkar oblusu | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Uzbek | قشقر ولايتى Қашқар Вилояти Qashqar viloyati | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kashgar Prefecture borders the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan, Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan, Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan[13] and Ladakh of India in the far south.