Kashgar Prefecture

Kashgar Prefecture
喀什地区 (Chinese)
قەشقەر ۋىلايىتى (Uyghur)
Kashagiri, Srikrirati, Kashi, K'a-shih
Prefecture
Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar City
Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar City
Kashgar Prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
Kashgar Prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceXinjiang
Prefecture seatKashgar[1]
County-level divisions1 county-level city,
11 counties[1]
Area
 • Prefecture112,057 km2 (43,265 sq mi)
 • Urban
555 km2 (214 sq mi)
 • Metro
555 km2 (214 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)
 • Prefecture4,496,400
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
 • Urban
400,225
 • Urban density720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
 • Metro
400,225
Ethnic groups
 • Major ethnic groupsUyghur, Han Chinese
GDP[2]
 • PrefectureCN¥ 136.9 billion
US$ 20.4 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 28,714
US$ 4,269
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
844000
ISO 3166 codeCN-XJ-31
License Plate新Q
WebsiteKashgar Prefecture Government
Kashgar Prefecture
Uyghur name
Uyghurقەشقەر ۋىلايىتى‎
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiQeshqer Wilayiti
Yengi YeziⱪK̡əxk̡ər Vilayiti
SASM/GNCK̂äxk̂är Vilayiti
Siril YëziqiҚәшқәр Вилайити
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese喀什地区
Traditional Chinese喀什地區
Hanyu PinyinKāshí Dìqū
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKāshí Dìqū
Bopomofoㄎㄚ   ㄕˊ   ㄉㄧˋ   ㄑㄩ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhKashyr Dihchiu
Wade–GilesKʻa1-shih2 Ti4-chʻü1
Tongyong PinyinKashíh Dìcyu
Yale RomanizationKāshŕ Dìchyū
MPS2Kāshŕ Dìchiū
IPA[kʰá.ʂɻ̩̌ tî.tɕʰý]
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese喀什噶尔地区
Traditional Chinese喀什噶爾地區
Hanyu PinyinPRC Standard Mandarin: Kāshígá'ěr Dìqū
ROC Standard Mandarin: Kàshígé'ěr Dìqū
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPRC Standard Mandarin: Kāshígá'ěr Dìqū
ROC Standard Mandarin: Kàshígé'ěr Dìqū
BopomofoPRC:
ㄎㄚ   ㄕˊ   ㄍㄚˊ   ㄦˇ
ㄉㄧˋ   ㄑㄩ
ROC:
ㄎㄚˋ   ㄕˊ   ㄍㄜˊ   ㄦˇ
ㄉㄧˋ   ㄑㄩ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhPRC: Kashyrgar'eel Dihchiu
ROC: Kahshyrger'eel Dihchiu
Wade–GilesPRC:
Kʻa1-shih2-ka2-êrh3 Ti4-chʻü1
ROC:
Kʻa4-shih2-ko2-êrh3 Ti4-chʻü1
Tongyong PinyinPRC: Kashíhgá'ěr Dìcyu
ROC: Kàshíhgé'ěr Dìcyu
Yale RomanizationPRC: Kāshŕgáěr Dìchyū
ROC: Kàshŕgéěr Dìchyū
MPS2PRC: Kāshŕgáěr Dìchiū
ROC: Kàshŕgéěr Dìchiū
IPAPRC: [kʰá.ʂɻ̩̌.kǎ.àɚ tî.tɕʰý]
ROC: [kʰâ.ʂɻ̩̌.kɤ̌.àɚ tî.tɕʰý]
Kazakh name
Kazakh قاشقار ايماعى
Қашқар аймағы
Qaşqar aimağy
Kyrgyz name
Kyrgyzقاشقار ايماعى
Кашкар аймагы
Qaşqar ajmağy
Uzbek name
Uzbekقشقر ولايتى
Қашқар Вилояти
Qashqar viloyati

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]

Kashgar Prefecture borders the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan, Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan, Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan[13][circular reference] and Ladakh of India in the far south.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference govkashgar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "喀什地区2022年国民经济和社会发展统计公报（2020" (in Chinese). 16 May 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Vocational Education and Training in Xinjiang". State Council of the People's Republic of China (China Daily). 17 August 2019. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020. For some time Xinjiang, especially Kashgar Prefecture, Hotan Prefecture, Aksu Prefecture and Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in the south, where religious extremism has had a long and widespread presence, suffered badly from frequent acts of terrorism.
  4. ^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (2010). 建筑抗震设计规范 [GB50011-2010: Code for Seismic Design of Buildings] (in English and Simplified Chinese). Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press. p. 203 – via Google Books. Kashgar Region
  5. ^ James D. Seymour (1985). China Rights Annals 1 Human Rights Developments in the People's Republic of China from October 1983 through September 1984. M. E. Sharpe. p. 90. ISBN 9780873323208 – via Internet Archive. There are 6,180 mosques in Xinjiang's Kashgar Prefecture alone.
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  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference yimiti was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Kashgar Jinhuyang Cultural and Tourism Festival kicks off". Tianshannet. October 21, 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018 – via Internet Archive. Citizens visit Jinhuyang National Forest Park at the opening ceremony of the 9th Kashgar Jinhuyang Cultural and Tourism Festival in Zepu county of Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region , Oct .18, 2016.
  9. ^ "Section 21 – the Kingdom of Shule 疏勒 (Kashgar)".
  10. ^ Zheng C, Fu J, Li Z, Lin G, Jiang D, Zhou XN (8 December 2018). "Spatiotemporal Variation and Hot Spot Detection of Visceral Leishmaniasis Disease in Kashi Prefecture, China". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15 (12): 2784. doi:10.3390/ijerph15122784. PMC 6313707. PMID 30544811. The results indicated that VL continues to be a serious public health problem in Kashi Prefecture, China, particularly in the north-central region of Jiashi County, which is a relatively high-risk area in which hot spots are distributed.
  11. ^ 3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 (in Chinese). Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  12. ^ "KĀSHÍ SHÌ (County-level City)". City Population. Archived from the original on 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  13. ^ "Pakistan", Wikipedia, 2023-03-22, retrieved 2023-03-23