Kashgar
Kashgar Prefecture, also known as Kashi Prefecture, is a prefecture in southwestern Xinjiang, China, in the Tarim Basin region. It has an area of 112,057 km.
- Type: Region with 4,500,000 residents
- Description: prefecture-level division of the People’s Republic of China
- Also known as: “K’a-shih Chuan-ch’ü”, “K’a-shih Ti-ch’ü”, “K’o-shih Chuan-ch’u”, “Kashgar Prefecture”, “Kashi”, “Kashi Prefecture”, “prefektura sa Qəşqər”, “Shule”, “נציבות קאשגאר”, and “קאשגאר (נציבות)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Id Kah Mosque and Afaq Khoja Mausoleum. Bus 20.
Renmin Park
Park
Photo: Nickckb20, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kashgar.
Kashgar
- Categories: prefecture and locality
- Location: Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.4703° or 39° 28′ 13″ north
Longitude
75.9875° or 75° 59′ 15″ east
Population
4,500,000
Elevation
1,218 metres (3,996 feet)
Open location code
8JFQFXCP+4X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kashgar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كاشغر”
- Arabic: “ولاية كاشغر”
- Basque: “Kashgar prefektura”
- Belarusian: “Кашгар”
- Catalan: “Prefectura de Kaixgar”
- Cebuano: “Kashi Diqu”
- Cebuano: “Kāshí”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای کشگار”
- Chinese: “Kāshí Dìqū”
- Chinese: “喀什”
- Chinese: “喀什地区”
- Chinese: “喀什地區”
- Czech: “Kašgar (prefektura)”
- Czech: “Kašgar”
- Danish: “Kashgar”
- Dutch: “Kashgar Prefecture”
- Dutch: “Kaxgar”
- Estonian: “Kaxgari ringkond”
- Finnish: “Kašgarin prefektuuri”
- French: “Kachgar”
- French: “préfecture de Kachgar”
- French: “Préfecture de Kachgar”
- Gan Chinese: “喀什地区”
- German: “Kaschgar”
- German: “Kaxgar (Regierungsbezirk)”
- Greek: “Νομός Κασγκάρ”
- Hebrew: “קאשגאר”
- Hindi: “काश्गर विभाग”
- Hindi: “काश्गर”
- Indonesian: “Prefektur Kashgar”
- Italian: “prefettura di Kashgar”
- Italian: “Prefettura di Kashgar”
- Japanese: “カシュガル地区”
- Korean: “카슈가르 지구”
- Latvian: “Kašgaras prefektūra”
- Lithuanian: “Kašgaro prefektūra”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Kashgar”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kashgar Tē-khu”
- Mongolian: “Кашгар тойрог”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kashgar”
- Norwegian: “Kashgar”
- Ossetian: “Кашгар (зылд)”
- Ossetian: “Кашгар”
- Persian: “شهرستان کاشغر”
- Persian: “ولایت کاشغر”
- Polish: “Kaszgar (prefektura)”
- Polish: “Kaszgar”
- Portuguese: “Casgar”
- Portuguese: “Prefeitura de Kashgar”
- Russian: “Кашгар”
- Russian: “округ Кашгар”
- Slovak: “Kašgar”
- Slovenian: “prefektura Kašgar”
- Spanish: “Kasgar”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Kasgar”
- Swedish: “Kashgar, Xinjiang”
- Swedish: “Kashgar”
- Tajik: “Kāšqar”
- Tajik: “Ҳавзаи Қошғар”
- Tatar: “Кашгар бүлгесе”
- Tatar: “Кашгар округы”
- Turkish: “Kaşgar İli”
- Turkish: “Kaşgar”
- Uighur: “Kashgar Diqu”
- Uighur: “Kashgar”
- Uighur: “Kaxgar Diqu”
- Uighur: “Kaxgar”
- Uighur: “Qeshqer Wilayiti”
- Uighur: “Qeshqer”
- Uighur: “Qəşqər”
- Uighur: “قەشقەر ۋىلايىتى”
- Uighur: “قەشقەر”
- Ukrainian: “Кашґар округ”
- Ukrainian: “Кашгар”
- Urdu: “کاشغر پریفیکچر”
- Vietnamese: “Kashgar”
- Western Panjabi: “کاشغر پریفیکچر”
- Wu Chinese: “喀什地区”
- Yue Chinese: “喀什地區”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Yawagh Subdistrict and Östeng Boyi Subdistrict.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Tourist service center and Food Market.
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