Xayar County

Xayar County, also Shayar County or, from Mandarin Chinese, Shaya, is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Aqsu Prefecture.
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  • Type: City with 136,000 residents
  • Description: county
  • Also known as: “Chahyar”, “Schahjar”, “Sha Yar”, “Sha-ya”, “Sha-ya-chen”, “Sha-ya-hsien”, “Shahyar”, “Shakh-yar”, “Shaya Xian”, “Shayar”, “Shayar County”, and “Shor-Yar”

Xayar County

Latitude
41.22177° or 41° 13′ 18″ north
Longitude
82.76641° or 82° 45′ 59″ east
Population
136,000
Elevation
974 metres (3,196 feet)
Open location code
8MH46QC8+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4644398973
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1529075
Wiki­data ID
Q1023159
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Xayar County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Xayar”
  • Chinese: “Xayar-koān”
  • Chinese: “沙雅”
  • Chinese: “沙雅县”
  • Chinese: “沙雅縣”
  • Dutch: “Xayar”
  • French: “Comte de Shayar”
  • French: “Comté de shayar”
  • French: “Shaya”
  • French: “Shayar”
  • French: “xian de Shayar”
  • French: “Xian de Shayar”
  • Gan Chinese: “沙雅县”
  • German: “Shaya”
  • German: “Shayar”
  • German: “Xayar”
  • Italian: “Contea di Xayar”
  • Japanese: “シャヤール県”
  • Japanese: “沙雅県”
  • Korean: “사야르현”
  • Korean: “사야현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Xayar-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shayar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Xayar”
  • Norwegian: “Shayar”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شایار”
  • Russian: “Уезд Шахъяр”
  • Russian: “Шахъяр”
  • Spanish: “Shayar”
  • Swedish: “Shayar”
  • Turkish: “Şayar İlçesi”
  • Uighur: “Shayar nahiyisi”
  • Uighur: “Shayar”
  • Uighur: “Шаяр”
  • Uighur: “شايار ناھىيىسى”
  • Uighur: “شايار”
  • Ukrainian: “Шаяр”
  • Urdu: “شایار کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Sa Nhã”
  • Vietnamese: “Shayar”
  • Wu Chinese: “沙雅县”
  • Yue Chinese: “沙雅”

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