Yarkant County

"Yarkand" redirects here. For other meanings, see Yarkand (disambiguation).

"Shache" redirects here. Not to be confused with Schache.

Yarkant County يەكەن ناھىيىسى (Uyghur) 莎车县 (Chinese) Yarkand; Shache; Soche
County
A street in Yarkant
Yarkant County (red) within Kashgar Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Yarkant Location of the seat in Xinjiang Show map of Xinjiang Yarkant Yarkant (China) Show map of China
Coordinates(County government): 38°23′27″N77°13′24″E / 38.3909°N 77.2232°E / 38.3909; 77.2232
Country	China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Prefecture	Kashgar
County seat	Yakan
Area
• Total	8,969 km2 (3,463 sq mi)
Elevation	1,232 m (4,042 ft)
Population  (2020) [1]
• Total	860,800
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
• Major ethnic groups	Uyghur [2]
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard [lower-alpha 1] )
Postal code	844700
Website	www.shache.gov.cn

يەكەن (ياركەنت) ناھىيىسى‎

Yarkant (Shache) County
Street scene in Yarkand in the 1870s
Literal meaning	Cliff city [3]
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Yeken (Yarkent) Nahiyisi Yengi Yeziⱪ Yəkən (Yarkənt) Nah̡iyisi SASM/GNC Yakän (Yarkänt) Nahiyisi Siril Yëziqi Йәкән (яркәнт) наһийиси

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2000	620,329	—
2010	762,385	+2.08%
[35]

As of 2015, 818,379 of the 851,374 residents of the county were Uyghur, 25,404 were Han Chinese and 7,591 were from other ethnic groups. ^[41]

As of 1999, 95.71% of the population of Yarkant (Shache) County was Uyghur and 3.47% of the population was Han Chinese. ^[42]

Transportation

Yarkant is served by China National Highway 315, the Kashgar-Hotan Railway and Shache Ye'erqiang Airport.

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Yarkant:

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  Map including Yarkant (labeled as SHACHE (SHA-CH'E) (DMA, 1980)
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  Map including Yarkant (labeled as SO-CH'E (YARKAND)) (AMS, 1966) ^{[lower-alpha 2]}
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  From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Yarkant (labeled as SHACHE (SO-CH'E)) (DMA, 1980) ^{[lower-alpha 3]}
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  Map including Yarkant (labeled as SHACHE (SO-CH'E)) (DMA, 1984) ^{[lower-alpha 4]}

See also

• Altyn Mosque
• Xinjiang
• Mount Imeon
• Shaksgam River

Notes

1. Locals in Xinjiang frequently observe UTC+6 (Xinjiang Time), 2 hours behind Beijing.
2. From map: "DELINEATION OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED AUTHORITATIVE"
3. From map: "The representation of international boundaries is not necessarily authoritative."
4. From map: "The representation of international boundaries is not necessarily authoritative"

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34. 2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：莎车县 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020. 统计用区划代码 名称 653125001000 叶尓羌街道 653125002000 城中街道 653125003000 城东街道 653125004000 城西街道 653125005000 城北街道 653125100000 莎车镇 653125101000 恰热克镇 653125102000 艾力西湖镇 653125103000 荒地镇 653125104000 阿瓦提镇 653125105000 白什坎特镇 653125106000 依盖尔其镇 653125107000 古勒巴格镇 653125108000 米夏镇 653125109000 托木吾斯塘镇 653125110000 塔尕尔其镇 653125111000 乌达力克镇 653125112000 阿拉买提镇 653125113000 阿扎特巴格镇 653125201000 阿热勒乡 653125202000 恰尔巴格乡 653125204000 英吾斯塘乡 653125206000 阿尔斯兰巴格乡 653125207000 孜热甫夏提塔吉克族乡 653125208000 亚喀艾日克乡 653125209000 喀群乡 653125210000 霍什拉甫乡 653125211000 达木斯乡 653125213000 伊什库力乡 653125214000 拍克其乡 653125216000 阔什艾日克乡 653125217000 墩巴格乡 653125220000 巴格阿瓦提乡 653125221000 喀拉苏乡 653125401000 喀什监狱 653125402000 莎车县良种繁育场 653125403000 莎车县第一林场（国营苗圃） 653125404000 莎车县国营二林场 653125405000 莎车县园艺场 653125406000 莎车县蚕种场 653125407000 莎车县鱼苗场 653125408000 农科院莎车农业试验站 653125409000 工业园区管委会 653125410000 英阿瓦提管理委员会 653125411000 永安管理委员会 653125514000 兵团五十四团
35. 莎车县历史沿革. XZQH.org. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2020. 2010年第六次人口普查，莎车县常住总人口762385人，其中：莎车镇128145人，恰热克镇29946人，艾力西湖镇36793人，荒地镇34658人，阿瓦提镇25119人，伯什坎特镇39243人，依盖尔其镇27038人，古勒巴格乡22255人，阿热勒乡17398人，恰尔巴格乡12972人，托木吾斯塘乡29579人，英吾斯塘乡10582人，乌达力克乡31525人，阿热斯兰巴格乡20018人，孜热甫普夏提乡10504人，亚喀艾日克乡10204人，喀群乡18749人，藿什拉甫乡17351人，达木斯乡9678人，米夏乡32419人，伊什库力乡29930人，拍克其乡19809人，塔尕尔其乡34554人，阔什艾日克乡16413人，墩巴格乡17579人，阿拉买提乡23583人，阿扎特巴格乡15846人，巴格阿瓦提乡16951人，喀拉苏乡14756人，喀什监狱5506人，县良种场1988人，优质果树苗木繁育基地270人，国营二林场224人，园艺场186人，蚕种场284人，渔苗场30人，农科院莎车农业试验站300人。
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External links

• Introduction to Yarkent County, official website of Kashgar Prefecture government
• "Yarkand"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. XXIV (9th ed.). 1888. p. 728.
• "Yarkand"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 904–905.
• Yarkand Pictures
• Travels of Benedict Göez Washington University
• The Silk Road Seattle website contains many useful resources including a number of full-text historical works)