Yarkant County
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county in Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
Key facts
- Country
- China
- Region
- Xinjiang
- Prefecture
- Kashgar
- County seat
- Yakan
- Total
- 8,969 km (3,463 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 1,232 m (4,042 ft)
- Density
- 95.98/km (248.6/sq mi)
- Major ethnic groups
- Uyghur
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( China Standard )
- Website
- www .shache .gov .cn
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county of China
- Official name
- يەكەن ناھىيىسى
- Country
- Qing dynasty
- Capital
- Yarkand
- Population
- 860800
- Area
- 8956.69
- Elevation
- 1232
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- gat.xinjiang.gov.cn
- Image
- Yarkand-calles-d01.jpg
- Dialing code
- 998
- Licence plate code
- 新Q
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- Commons category
- Yarkand
- Commons gallery
- 莎车县 - يەكەن ناھىيىسى
- postal code
- 844700
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Chinese name Simplified Chinese莎车县 Traditional Chinese莎車縣
Alternative Chinese name Simplified Chinese叶尔羌县 Traditional Chinese葉爾羌縣
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yarkant County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.