Kaxgar (administrative region)

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Basic data
Greater Region: Northwest China
Autonomous Region : Xinjiang
Status: Administrative district
Subdivision: 1 urban district,
10 districts, 1 autonomous district
Residents : 4,514,700 (2016)
Area : 139,077 km²
Location of Kashgar City within Xinjiang (China) .png
Uighur name
Arabic-Persian (Kona Yeziⱪ) : قەشقەر ۋىلايىتى
Latin (Yengi Yeziⱪ) : Ⱪǝxⱪǝr Wilayiti
official notation ( PRCh ): Kaxgar
other spellings: Kashgar, Kashgar
Chinese name
Abbreviation : 喀什 地区
Transcription in Pinyin : Kāshí Dìqū
Wade-Giles transcription : K'a-shih
Sunday market in Kaxgar

Kaxgar (also Kashgar or Kashgar , originally Kāš , with the additional Eastern Iranian -γar , "-berg"; old Chinese  伽师 , called Pinyin Jiāshī , ancient Greek possibly Kasia ) is an administrative district in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . It has an area of ​​139,077 km². Its economic, cultural and political center is the capital of the same name, the independent city of Kaxgar . Historically, the term denotes a somewhat larger area. The city of Kaxgar was also the capital of the short-lived Islamic Republic of East Turkestan (1933–1934).

history

The oasis of Kaxgar was already settled in the late Bronze Age . During this time, here was the Aketala culture spread, particularly relations with the Fergana spread Tschust culture showed. In the first century AD, Kaxgar was the center of a powerful empire that ruled large parts of the western Tarim basin as well as areas west of the Pamir Mountains.

Administrative structure

The administrative district consists of a city, ten districts and an autonomous district:

  • City of Kaxgar (喀什 市 Kāshí Shì), 96 km²,
  • Shufu district (疏附县 Shūfù Xiàn), capital: Tokkuzak community (托克扎克 镇), 4140 km²,
  • Shule district (疏勒 县 Shūlè Xiàn), main town: large community Shule (疏勒 镇), 2486 km²,
  • Yengisar district (英吉沙 县 Yīngjíshā Xiàn), capital: Yengisar municipality (英吉沙 镇), 4300 km²,
  • District Poskam (泽普 县 Zépǔ Xiàn), main town: large municipality Zepu (泽普 镇), 923 km²,
  • Yarkant district (莎车 县 Shāchē Xiàn), main town: Shache municipality (莎车 镇), 7960 km²,
  • Kargilik district (叶城县 Yèchéng Xiàn), capital: Kargilik municipality (喀格勒克 镇), 29,268 km²,
  • Makit district (麦盖提 县 Màigàití Xiàn), capital: Makit municipality (麦盖提 镇), 10,256 km²,
  • District of Yopurga (岳普湖县 Yuèpǔhú Xiàn), capital: Greater municipality of Yopurga (岳普 湖镇), 2703 km²,
  • Circle Peyziwat County (伽师县Jiashi Xiàn), capital: greater community Barin (巴仁镇), km² 6667,
  • District of Maralbexi (巴楚 县 Bāchǔ Xiàn), main town: Large municipality of Bachu (巴楚 镇), 18,807 km²,
  • Tajik Autonomous Okrug Tashkorgan (塔什库尔干 塔吉克 自治县 Tǎshíkù'ěrgān), capital: Greater Tashkorgan municipality (塔什库尔干 镇), 52,300 km².

Ethnic breakdown of the population of the Kaxgar administrative district (2000)

According to the 2000 census, the administrative district had 3,405,713 inhabitants (population density: 24.34 inhabitants / km²).

Name of the people Residents proportion of
Uighurs 3,042,942 89.35%
Han Chinese 311,770 9.15%
Tajiks 33,611 0.99%
Kyrgyz 5,078 0.15%
Hui 5,046 0.15%
Uzbeks 2,496 0.07%
Tujia 829 0.02%
Miao 649 0.02%
Mongols 634 0.02%
Tibetans 530 0.02%
Zhuang 521 0.02%
Others 1,607 0.05%

Climate table

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Temperature in ° C
Average monthly temperatures for Kaxgar
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Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 0 5 14th 22nd 27 31 33 32 27 20th 11 2 O 18.7
Min. Temperature (° C) -11 -7 2 9 13 17th 20th 19th 14th 7th -2 -9 O 6.1
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The climate of Kaxgar is very continental with very hot summers and cold winters.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Xinjiang / Sinkiang (China): Prefecture Level, Cities & Counties - Population Statistics, Maps, Graphics, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved May 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Ptolemäus , Geographike Hyphegesis , 15.3A, based on: Étienne de la Vaissière: The Triple System of Orography in Ptolemy's Xinjiang. In: Werner Sundermann , Almut Hintze and François de Blois (eds.): Exegisti monumenta. Festschrift in honor of Nicholas Sims-Williams. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2009. ISBN 978-3-447-05937-4 , page 530

Coordinates: 39 ° 27 '  N , 75 ° 59'  E