Shache County

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Shache County is a county in southwestern Xinjiang, China, known historically as Yarkand and situated along key oasis routes of the southern Silk Road.

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Label Occurrences
Shache County canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county-level division
borderedBy Kargilik County NERFINISHED
Kashgar City NERFINISHED
Makit County NERFINISHED
Yecheng County NERFINISHED
Zepu County NERFINISHED
country China
governingBody Shache County People’s Government NERFINISHED
hasAgriculturalProduct cotton
fruits
grains
hasCapital Shache Town NERFINISHED
hasCulturalHeritage Silk Road archaeological sites
Uyghur dance
Uyghur traditional music
hasEconomicActivity animal husbandry
oasis agriculture
trade and logistics
hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese NERFINISHED
Hui NERFINISHED
hasMajorEthnicGroup Uyghurs NERFINISHED
hasTransport regional highways
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters
Uyghur Arabic script
historicalName Yarkand NERFINISHED
historicalRole center of Yarkand Khanate
important oasis on the Silk Road
locatedIn Tarim Basin NERFINISHED
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
southwestern Xinjiang
locatedInClimateZone arid climate
locatedInCountrySubdivision Northwest China NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone China Standard Time
locatedNear Karakoram Mountains NERFINISHED
Kunlun Mountains NERFINISHED
locatedOn southern Silk Road NERFINISHED
locatedOnRoute southern branch of the Silk Road
officialLanguage Standard Chinese
partOf Kashgar Prefecture NERFINISHED
regionalLanguage Uyghur NERFINISHED
religion Islam
roadAccess China National Highway 219 NERFINISHED
China National Highway 315 NERFINISHED
subdivisionOf People’s Republic of China NERFINISHED
subdivisionType county
traversedBy Yarkand River NERFINISHED
utcOffset +8

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Yarkand River flowsThrough Shache County