Upal
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Upal (; ) is a town in Shufu County in Western Xinjiang, China.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town of China
- Official name
- 乌帕尔镇
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Shufu County
- Population
- 34150
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Image
- Monday Bazaar in Upal, Xinjiang, China 1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 998
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- Upal
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Karakoram Highway
- Mahmud al-Kashgari
- Monday Bazaar
- References
Upal (; ) is a town in Shufu County in Western Xinjiang, China.
==Karakoram Highway== Upal is on the Karakoram Highway, which follows the old Silk Road route from China to Pakistan. Travelling from China, it is about 50 km southwest of Kashgar or about 180 km north of Tashkurgan (which is about 120 km over the Khunjerab Pass from Sust in Pakistan).
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