Karasahr

Karasahr or Karashar, which was originally known in the Tocharian languages as Ārśi, Qarašähär, or Agni or the Chinese derivative Yanqi, is an ancient town on the Silk Road and the capital of in the , .
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  • Locality with 31,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,053 metres (3,455 feet)
  • Description: town in Xinjiang, China
  • Also known as
    “Ha-la-sha-erh”
    “K’a-la-sha-erh”
    “K’o-la-sha-erh”
    “Kara-schahr”
    “Khara Shar”
    “Kurashar’”
    “Qara Shahr”
    “Yan’tsy”
    “Yanqi Zhen”
    “Yen-ch’i”
    “Yen-ch’i-chen”
    “Yen-ch’i-hsien”
    “Yen-ch’i-hui-tsu-tzu-chih-ch’ü”
    “Yen-ch’i-hui-tsu-tzu-chih-hsien”
    “Yenki”
    “Yinki”
    “焉耆镇”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yongning and Wuhaoqu Township.
is a town under the administration of , , China. is situated 3 km southwest of Karasahr.
Wuhaoqu is a township in … is situated 5 km east of Karasahr.
Beidaqu is a township in … is situated 6 km north of Karasahr.

Karasahr

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Latitude
42.06321° or 42° 3′ 48″ north
Longitude
86.57185° or 86° 34′ 19″ east
Open location code
8MJ83H7C+7P
Geo­Names ID
1529031
Wiki­data ID
Q1156662

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Karasahr” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قره‌ شهر”
  • Basque: “Karasahr”
  • Bulgarian: “Карашар”
  • Catalan: “Karashahr”
  • Catalan: “Qaraixahr”
  • Catalan: “Qarashahr”
  • Catalan: “Yen-ki”
  • Chinese: “乌夷”
  • Chinese: “乌夷国”
  • Chinese: “焉夷”
  • Chinese: “焉耆”
  • Chinese: “焉耆国”
  • Chinese: “阿耆尼国”
  • Dutch: “Karasahr”
  • French: “Karachahr”
  • French: “Qarachahr”
  • Georgian: “კარასაჰრი”
  • German: “Agnideśa”
  • German: “Agnidesha”
  • German: “Karasahr”
  • German: “Karaschahr”
  • German: “Karaschar”
  • German: “Karashahr”
  • German: “Karaxahr”
  • German: “Qara-Shāhr”
  • Hindi: “अग्नि”
  • Hindi: “अग्निदेश”
  • Hindi: “काराशहर”
  • Hindi: “यान्ची”
  • Hungarian: “Karasár”
  • Indonesian: “Karasahr”
  • Indonesian: “Karashahr”
  • Indonesian: “Karashar”
  • Indonesian: “Karaxahr”
  • Italian: “Agnidesa”
  • Italian: “Karasahr”
  • Italian: “Karashahr”
  • Italian: “Yanqi”
  • Japanese: “焉耆”
  • Korean: “카라샤르”
  • Literary Chinese: “焉耆”
  • Lithuanian: “Karašaras”
  • Mongolian: “Карашар”
  • Persian: “قره‌شهر”
  • Portuguese: “Caraxar”
  • Portuguese: “Karasahr”
  • Romanian: “Karasahr”
  • Russian: “Карашар”
  • Russian: “Харашар”
  • Russian: “Яньци”
  • Spanish: “Caraxar”
  • Swedish: “Yanqi (häradshuvudort i Kina, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, lat 42,06, long 86,57)”
  • Swedish: “Yanqi”
  • Turkish: “Karasahr”
  • Turkish: “Karaşahr”
  • Turkish: “Karaschahr”
  • Turkish: “Karaşehir”
  • Turkish: “Karashar”
  • Uighur: “K̩araxəh̨ər”
  • Uighur: “Qarasheher”
  • Uighur: “Қарашәһәр”
  • Uighur: “قاراشەھەر بازىرى”
  • Uighur: “قاراشەھەر”
  • Ukrainian: “Карашар”
  • Ukrainian: “Яньці”
  • Urdu: “کراشہر”
  • Vietnamese: “Yên Kì”
  • Vietnamese: “Yên Kỳ”
  • Western Panjabi: “کاراشہر”

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