Karghilik
Kargilik or Yecheng is a town in Xinjiang, China. It is to the southeast of Kashgar, at a distance of 249 km by road and is north of Mazar by 249 km. It is the seat of Kargilik County.
- Type: City with 140,000 residents
- Description: city in the Kashgar prefecture
- Also known as: “Ha-erh-ka-li-k’o”, “K’a-ko-li-ko”, “K’o-erh-ka-li-k’o”, “Kageleke”, “Kageleke Zhen”, “Kargalik”, “Kargalyk”, “Karghalik”, “Kargilik”, “Kargilik Town”, “Kerghalyk”, “Khargalik”, “Qaghiliq”, “Qarghalig”, “Qarghalik”, “Qarghaliq”, “Qarghlig”, “Qarkhalik”, “Yechen”, “Yecheng”, “Yeh-ch’eng”, “Yeh-ch’eng-chen”, “Yeh-ch’eng-hsien”, “Yeh-ch’ieng”, “叶城县 قاغىلىق”, and “喀格勒克”
Karghilik
- Categories: town of China and locality
- Location: Yecheng Xian, Kashgar, Tarim, Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.8876° or 37° 53′ 15″ north
Longitude
77.4163° or 77° 24′ 59″ east
Population
140,000
Elevation
1,338 metres (4,390 feet)
Open location code
8J9VVCQ8+2G
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Karghilik” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Yecheng”
- Chinese: “叶城”
- Chinese: “叶城县”
- Chinese: “喀格勒克”
- Chinese: “喀格勒克镇”
- Chinese: “葉城”
- Dutch: “Yecheng”
- Egyptian Arabic: “يايتشينج”
- French: “Kargilik”
- Gan Chinese: “喀格勒克镇”
- German: “Kargilik”
- Hungarian: “Kargilik”
- Indonesian: “Karghalik”
- Italian: “Yecheng”
- Japanese: “カルギリク”
- Japanese: “カルギリク県”
- Japanese: “カルギリク鎮”
- Korean: “카길리크현”
- Lithuanian: “Kargalykas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chokkuka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karghalik”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karghilik”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yecheng”
- Norwegian: “Yecheng”
- Persian: “شهرک کارگیلیک”
- Russian: “Каргалык”
- Spanish: “Kargilik”
- Uighur: “K̩aƣilik̩”
- Uighur: “Qaghiliq Baziri”
- Uighur: “Qaghiliq”
- Uighur: “Қағилық”
- Uighur: “قاغىلىق بازىرى”
- Uighur: “قاغىلىق”
- Ukrainian: “Каргалик”
- Vietnamese: “Kargilik”
- Welsh: “Yecheng”
- Wu Chinese: “喀格勒克镇”
- Yue Chinese: “葉城”
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