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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colegota, CC BY-SA 2.5 es.
- Type: City with 284,000 residents
- 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”, and “Yarkent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Altyn Mosque.
Altyn Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Zossolino, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Altyn Mosque is a mosque in Yarkand in Yarkant County, in the Xinjiang autonomous region of China. It is noted for its painted ceilings and the tomb of the poet Amannisa Khan which is in its sahn.
Yarkand
- Categories: county of China and locality
- Location: Kashgar Prefecture, Tarim, Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.417° or 38° 25′ 1″ northLongitude
77.2411° or 77° 14′ 28″ eastPopulation
284,000Elevation
1,236 metres (4,055 feet)IATA airport code
QSZOpen location code
8JCVC68R+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 272573610OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yarkand” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “يارقند”
- Arabic: “ياركند”
- Azerbaijani: “Yarkənd”
- Catalan: “Ciutat de Yarkand”
- Catalan: “Oasi de Yarkand”
- Catalan: “So-kiu”
- Catalan: “Soujou”
- Cebuano: “Shache”
- Chinese: “Yarkant-koān”
- Chinese: “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”
- Czech: “Jarkend”
- Danish: “Soche”
- Danish: “Yarkand”
- Dutch: “Jarkand”
- Dutch: “Yarkand”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ياركند”
- Finnish: “Yarkant”
- French: “Comte de Yarkand”
- French: “Comté de Yarkand”
- French: “Shache”
- French: “xian de Yarkand”
- French: “Xian de Yarkand”
- French: “Yarkand”
- Gan Chinese: “莎车县”
- Georgian: “იარქენდი”
- German: “Shache”
- German: “Yarkant”
- Hindi: “यरकन्द”
- Hindi: “यारकंद ज़िला”
- Hindi: “यारकंद”
- Hindi: “यारकन्द ज़िला”
- Hindi: “यारकन्द”
- Hungarian: “Jarkend megye”
- Hungarian: “Sacsö megye”
- Indonesian: “Yarkand”
- Italian: “Contea di Yarkant”
- Japanese: “ヤルカンド”
- Japanese: “ヤルカンド県”
- Japanese: “莎車県”
- Korean: “사처현”
- Korean: “야르칸드”
- Korean: “야르칸드현”
- Korean: “야르칸트현”
- Lithuanian: “Jarkantas”
- Lithuanian: “Jarkendas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Yarkant-koān”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jarkand”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jarkant”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shache”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yarkand”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yarkant”
- Norwegian: “Yarkant”
- Persian: “شهرستان یارکند”
- Persian: “یارکند”
- Polish: “Jarkand”
- Polish: “Jarkend”
- Polish: “Shache”
- Polish: “Szacze”
- Polish: “Yarkand”
- Polish: “Yeken”
- Portuguese: “Iarcanda”
- Portuguese: “Yarkand”
- Russian: “Шаче”
- Russian: “Эркеть”
- Russian: “Ярканд”
- Russian: “Яркенд”
- Russian: “Яркент”
- Slovak: “Jarkand”
- Slovak: “Jarkandský kraj”
- South Azerbaijani: “یارکند”
- Spanish: “Oasis Yarkand”
- Spanish: “Yarkand”
- Spanish: “Yarkanda”
- Spanish: “Yarkant”
- Swedish: “Chokkuka”
- Swedish: “Jarkand”
- Swedish: “Jarkant”
- Swedish: “Jarkend”
- Swedish: “Jarkent”
- Swedish: “Shache”
- Swedish: “Soche”
- Swedish: “Suoche”
- Swedish: “Suoju”
- Swedish: “Yarkand”
- Swedish: “Yarkant”
- Swedish: “Yarkent”
- Swedish: “Yecheng”
- Swedish: “Yèchéng”
- Tatar: “Каркан”
- Turkish: “Yarkand”
- Turkish: “Yarkent İlçesi”
- Turkish: “Yarkent”
- Uighur: “Yeken nahiyisi”
- Uighur: “Yeken”
- Uighur: “Yəkən”
- Uighur: “Якән”
- Uighur: “يەكەن ناھىيىسى”
- Uighur: “يەكەن”
- Ukrainian: “Яркенд”
- Urdu: “یارکانت کاؤنٹی”
- Urdu: “یارکند کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Toa Xa”
- Vietnamese: “Yarkand”
- Western Panjabi: “یارقند کاؤنٹی”
- Wu Chinese: “莎车县”
- Yue Chinese: “莎車”
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