Yarkand

Yarkand is a city in Province in . The name is sometimes transliterated as Yarkant or Yarkhand. It is most useful as a stop to break up the long bus ride from to Hotan. The tomb complex here is worth checking out if you're in town.
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  • Type: City with 284,000 residents
  • Description: county in Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China
  • Also known as: “Chokkuka”, “Comte de Yarkand”, “Comté de Yarkand”, “Jarkandský kraj”, “Jarkant”, “Jarkent”, “Oasi de Yarkand”, “Oasis Yarkand”, “Sacsö megye”, “Shache”, “So-ch’e”, “So-ch’e-chen”, “So-ch’e-hsien”, “So-ch’e-shih”, “So-kiu”, “Soujou”, “Suoche”, “Suoju”, “Szacze”, “Toa Xa”, “Yangi-shahr”, “Yarkand New City”, “Yarkand Yangi-shahr”, “Yarkant”, “Yarkant County”, “Yarkend”, “Yarkent”, “Yecheng”, “Yèchéng”, “Yeken nahiyisi”, “Шаче”, “Эркеть”, “Ярканд”, “Яркент”, “يارقند”, “यरकन्द”, “यारकंद”, “यारकंद ज़िला”, “यारकन्द”, “사처현”, “야르칸드”, “ヤルカンド”, “莎車県”, “莎车”, “莎车县 يەكەن”, “莎车国”, “葉爾羌城”, and “鸦儿看”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Altyn Mosque.

Mosque
Photo: Zossolino, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a in Yarkand…

Yarkand

Latitude
38.417° or 38° 25′ 1″ north
Longitude
77.2411° or 77° 14′ 28″ east
Population
284,000
Elevation
1,236 metres (4,055 feet)
IATA airport code
QSZ
Open location code
8JCVC68R+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 272573610
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1280037
Wiki­data ID
Q857618
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yarkand” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ياركند”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yarkənd”
  • Catalan: “Ciutat de Yarkand”
  • Cebuano: “Shache”
  • Chinese: “莎車縣”
  • Chinese: “莎车县”
  • Czech: “Jarkend”
  • Danish: “Soche”
  • Dutch: “Yarkand”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ياركند”
  • Finnish: “Yarkant”
  • French: “xian de Yarkand”
  • French: “Xian de Yarkand”
  • French: “Yarkand”
  • Gan Chinese: “莎车县”
  • Georgian: “იარქენდი”
  • German: “Yarkant”
  • Hindi: “यारकन्द ज़िला”
  • Hungarian: “Jarkend megye”
  • Indonesian: “Yarkand”
  • Italian: “Contea di Yarkant”
  • Japanese: “ヤルカンド県”
  • Korean: “야르칸드현”
  • Korean: “야르칸트현”
  • Lithuanian: “Jarkantas”
  • Lithuanian: “Jarkendas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yarkant-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yarkant”
  • Norwegian: “Yarkant”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Yarkant County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان یارکند”
  • Persian: “یارکند”
  • Polish: “Jarkend”
  • Polish: “Shache”
  • Portuguese: “Iarcanda”
  • Portuguese: “Yarkand”
  • Russian: “Яркенд”
  • Slovak: “Jarkand”
  • South Azerbaijani: “یارکند”
  • Spanish: “Yarkand”
  • Spanish: “Yarkanda”
  • Swedish: “Yarkant”
  • Tatar: “Каркан”
  • Turkish: “Yarkent İlçesi”
  • Uighur: “Yeken”
  • Uighur: “Yəkən”
  • Uighur: “Якән”
  • Uighur: “يەكەن ناھىيىسى”
  • Uighur: “يەكەن”
  • Ukrainian: “Яркенд”
  • Urdu: “یارکانت کاؤنٹی”
  • Urdu: “یارکند کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Yarkand”
  • Western Panjabi: “یارقند کاؤنٹی”
  • Wu Chinese: “莎车县”
  • Yue Chinese: “莎車”

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