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Kashgar

Also known as Kashi, Qeshqer, Kashgar City, City of Kashgar, Kashi Shi, Kashghar, Kachgar, Shule

Kashgar or Qeshqer () or Kashi () is a city in the Tarim Basin region of southern Xinjiang, China. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, located near the country's border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. For over 2,000 years, Kashgar has been a strategically important oasis on the Silk Road linking China with Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and has a population of 711,300 people (). Kashgar's urban area covers , although its administrative area extends over .

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Kashgar is a major city in western China's Xinjiang region, located near the borders with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. For over 2,000 years, it has served as a strategically crucial oasis and trading hub on the Silk Road, connecting China to Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

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Key facts

Chinese.p4: Shūfù
Settlement.name: Kashgar
Settlement.other_name: Kashi
Settlement.settlement_type: County-level city
Settlement.image_map: Kashi mcp.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Kashgar (red) within Kashgar Prefecture
Settlement.pushpin_map: Xinjiang#China
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Kashgar's city center in Xinjiang
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.coor_pinpoint: Kashgar municipal government
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Xinjiang
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Prefecture
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kashgar
Settlement.seat_type: Municipal seat

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Encyclopedic overview

37 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Han dynasty
The Kushans
Three Kingdoms to the Sui dynasty
Tang dynasty
Battles with Arab Caliphate
Turkic rule
Mongol rule
Qing conquest
Dungan Revolt
Qing rule
Republic of China (1913–1933)
First East Turkestan Republic
Battle of Kashgar (1933)
Battle of Kashgar (1934)
Republic of China (1934–1949)
People's Republic of China
Climate
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Economy
Kashgar Sunday Market
Special economic zone
Notable sites
Transportation
Air
Rail
Road
Sister cities
Notable people
See also
Notes
References
Citations
Sources
External links

At the convergence point of widely varying cultures and empires, Kashgar has been under the rule of the Chinese, Turkic, Mongol and Tibetan empires. The city has also been the site of a number of battles between various groups of people on the steppes.

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