Poskam County, Xinjiang

Poskam County
Poskam, Tse-p'u, Zepu
Location of Poskam County (pink) within Kashgar Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Location of Poskam County (pink) within Kashgar Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Poskam is located in Southern Xinjiang
Poskam
Poskam
Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Poskam is located in Xinjiang
Poskam
Poskam
Poskam (Xinjiang)
Poskam is located in China
Poskam
Poskam
Poskam (China)
Coordinates: 38°11′44″N 77°16′20″E / 38.19556°N 77.27222°E / 38.19556; 77.27222
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureKashgar
County seatPoskam (Zepu)
Area
 • Total987.97 km2 (381.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total214,543
 • Density220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
 • Major ethnic groupsUyghur, Han Chinese, Mountain Tajik (China)[1][4][5]
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard[a])
Postal code
844800
Websitewww.xjzp.gov.cn
Poskam County, Xinjiang
Uyghur name
Uyghurپوسكام ناھىيىسى
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiPoskam Nahiyisi
Yengi YeziⱪPoskam Nah̡iyisi
SASM/GNCPoskam Nahiyisi
Siril YëziqiПоскам наһийиси
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese泽普
Traditional Chinese澤普
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZépǔ Xiàn
Wade–GilesTsê²-pʻu³ Hsien⁴

Poskam County[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] (Posgam,[14] Uyghur: پوسكام ناھىيىسى), also Zepu County (Chinese: 泽普县) is a county in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. The county is located on the southern bank of the Yarkand River, also known as the Zarafshān River (泽勒普善河).[1] Poskam County is bordered to the north and west across the Yarkand River by Yarkant County (Shache) and to the south and east by Kargilik County (Yecheng).[15]

  1. ^ a b c 泽普概况. 泽普政府网 (in Simplified Chinese). 17 July 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020 – via Internet Archive. 总面积987.97平方千米,其中耕地面积42405.25公顷。{...}地处泽勒普善河(今叶尔羌河)南岸。{...}1956年6月莎车专区撤销,泽普县划归喀什地区至今。{...}2016年末,全县总户数(含塔西南勘探开发公司)65684户,其中县属户数59804户;总人口208950人(含塔西南勘探开发公司),其中,维吾尔族175686人,占84.1%,汉族27131人,占13%,塔吉克族4463人,占2.1%,其他民族1670人,占0.8%。
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference xzqhposkam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference govposkam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ 1997年泽普县行政区划. XZQH.org (in Simplified Chinese). 19 November 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2020. 维吾尔族占77.1%,汉族占20.4%。
  6. ^ "Kashgar Tourism". Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2020 – via Internet Archive. Poskam County
  7. ^ 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. Poskam County
  8. ^ Wang Song (9 January 2014). "Rural tourism becomes popular in China". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved 27 January 2020. Performers of Uyghur ethnic group perform for tourists in Poskam County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Oct. 19, 2011.
  9. ^ Meng Qi; Zilin Wei; Ying Zhang; Qiyuan Zhang; Juanfeng Li; Longxian Zhang; Rongjun Wang (11 January 2020). "Genetic diversity of Blastocystis in kindergarten children in southern Xinjiang, China". Parasites & Vectors. 13 (15): 15. doi:10.1186/s13071-020-3890-0. PMC 6954523. PMID 31924261. Subtype ST3 was dominant in most of the counties surveyed, with ST1 appearing to be the predominant subtype in the Lop county and only ST1 being identified in the Poskam county (Table 1).
  10. ^ Poskam (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  11. ^ Congressional-Executive Commission on China (31 October 2008). "CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA ANNUAL REPORT 2008". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 228 – via Internet Archive. Kashgar District Government (Online), "Let Society Be Stable and Harmonious, For the People To Be Without Fear-Work Report on Poskam County Striving to Establish a Region-Level Quiet and Stable County" [Rang shehui wending hexie wei baixing anjuleye-zepuxian zheng chuang zizhiquji ping'an xian gongzuo jishi], 3 December 07
  12. ^ Yang Fan; Gulchehra Keyum (18 June 2013). "Gas Stations in Xinjiang Bar Veil-Wearing Muslim Women". Radio Free Asia. Translated by Luisetta Mudie; Mamatjan Juma. Retrieved 27 January 2020. A Uyghur woman in Kashgar's Poskam county said that dressing curbs for Muslim women were not new in her area, saying notices to the effect have been introduced even in hospitals and libraries.
  13. ^ Dagikhudo Dagiev, Carole Faucher, ed. (2019). Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia: The Mountain Communities of Pamir. Routledge. p. [1]. ISBN 978-1-351-12426-3 – via Google Books. Poskam (Zepu) County is 30 km to the east of Yarkand and is the petroleum and natural gas producing hub of southern Xinjiang. The Tajik Ethnic village in Poskam County consists of a few smaller settlements scattered around the Boyluq area.
  14. ^ "Photo Archive --- Date:20040306". People's Daily. 6 March 2004. Retrieved 12 April 2020. Coal fire in Xinjiang
    Members of a rescue contingent scrutinize their equipment before they descend into the well of a coal mine caught with fire in Posgam County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 5, 2004. A fire broke out at the Kalatuzi coal mine Thursday morning and six persons were found dead so far. The fire was caused by an inflamed electrical cable in the mine, according to local government sources.
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