Yarkand
Yarkand is a city in Xinjiang Province in China. The name is sometimes transliterated as Yarkant or Yarkhand. It is most useful as a stop to break up the long bus ride from Kashgar to Hotan. The tomb complex here is worth checking out if you're in town.
- City with about 861,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,230 metres (4,040 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code QSZ
- Description: county in Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China
- Also known as“Shache”“So-ch’e”“So-ch’e-chen”“So-ch’e-hsien”“So-ch’e-shih”“Yangi-shahr”“Yarkand New City”“Yarkand Yangi-shahr”“Yarkant”“Yarkant County”“Yarkend”“Yarkent”“莎车县 يەكەن”
Places of Interest
Discover Altyn Mosque.
Yarkand
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Latitude
38.417° or 38° 25′ 1″ north
Longitude
77.2411° or 77° 14′ 28″ east
Open location code
8JCVC68R+RF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yarkand” goes by many names.
يارقندArabic
ياركندArabic
YarkəndAzerbaijani
Ciutat de YarkandCatalan
Oasi de YarkandCatalan
So-kiuCatalan
SoujouCatalan
ShacheCebuano
莎車Chinese
莎車縣Chinese
莎车Chinese
莎车县Chinese
莎车国Chinese
葉爾羌城Chinese
鸦儿看Chinese
JarkendCzech
SocheDanish
YarkandDanish
JarkandDutch
YarkandDutch
ياركندEgyptian Arabic
YarkantFinnish
莎车县Gan Chinese
იარქენდიGeorgian
यारकंदHindi
यारकंद ज़िलाHindi
यारकन्दHindi
यारकन्द ज़िलाHindi
Jarkend megyeHungarian
Sacsö megyeHungarian
YarkandIndonesian
Contea di YarkantItalian
ヤルカンドJapanese
ヤルカンド県Japanese
莎車県Japanese
사처현Korean
야르칸드Korean
야르칸드현Korean
야르칸트현Korean
JarkantasLithuanian
JarkendasLithuanian
Yarkant-koānMin Nan Chinese
YarkantNorwegian
JarkandNorwegian Bokmål
JarkantNorwegian Bokmål
ShacheNorwegian Bokmål
YarkandNorwegian Bokmål
YarkantNorwegian Bokmål
Yarkant CountyNupe-Nupe-Tako
شهرستان یارکندPersian
یارکندPersian
JarkandPolish
JarkendPolish
ShachePolish
SzaczePolish
YarkandPolish
YekenPolish
ШачеRussian
ЭркетьRussian
ЯркандRussian
ЯркендRussian
ЯркентRussian
JarkandSlovak
Jarkandský krajSlovak
یارکندSouth Azerbaijani
ChokkukaSwedish
JarkandSwedish
JarkantSwedish
JarkendSwedish
JarkentSwedish
ShacheSwedish
SocheSwedish
SuocheSwedish
SuojuSwedish
YarkandSwedish
YarkantSwedish
YarkentSwedish
YèchéngSwedish
КарканTatar
YarkandTurkish
YarkentTurkish
Yarkent İlçesiTurkish
Yeken nahiyisiUighur
YəkənUighur
ЯкәнUighur
يەكەنUighur
يەكەن ناھىيىسىUighur
ЯркендUkrainian
یارکانت کاؤنٹیUrdu
یارکند کاؤنٹیUrdu
Toa XaVietnamese
YarkandVietnamese
یارقند کاؤنٹیWestern Panjabi
莎车县Wu Chinese
莎車Yue Chinese
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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