Kashgar
city in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
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Kashgar is a county-level city[1]. Kashgar ranks in the top 0.26% of county level city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,328 views/month, #1 of 392).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kashgar Prefecture[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Instance of: big city[5]
- Capital: Chasa Subdistrict[6]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Chasa Subdistrict[7], Yawagh Subdistrict[8], Östeng Boyi Subdistrict[9], Qum Derwaza Subdistrict[10], Nazarbagh[11], Shamalbagh[12], Döletbagh Township[13], Qoghan Township[14], Semen Township[15], Xangdi Township[16], Paxtekle Township[17], Beshkërem Township[18], Sherqiy Köl Subdistrict[19], Gherbiz Yurt Avenue Subdistrict[20]
- Twinned administrative body: Malacca[21]
- Postal code: 844000[22]
- Commons category: Kashgar[23]
- Licence plate code: 新Q[24]
- Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[25]
- Local dialing code: 998[26]
- Official website: http://www.xjks.gov.cn/[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kashgar[28]
- Commons gallery: 喀什 - قەشقەر[29]
- Population: 506,640[30], 782,662[31]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[33], History of Ming[34], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[35], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39]
- Capital of: Yettishar[40], Shule Kingdom[41]
- Official name: 喀什市[42], قەشقەر[43]
- Category for people born here: Q9609875[44]
- Category for people who died here: Q63245417[45]
- Native label: قەشقەر / Қәшқәр[46], 喀什[47]
- Category for people buried here: Q107994927[48]
- Category of associated people: Q7916144[49]
- Different from: Kashgar[50]
- Elevation above sea level: 1270 m[51]
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Physical Characteristics
Kashgar covers an area of 1003.39 km²[52].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Kashgar include Kashgar Laining International Airport[53], an airport[54], in People's Republic of China[55].
Why It Matters
Kashgar has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Kashgar is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Kashgar include Kashgar Laining International Airport[53], an airport[54], in People's Republic of China[55].