Kashgar

E89243

city historical city oasis city

Kashgar is an ancient oasis city in western China’s Xinjiang region that long served as a key cultural and commercial crossroads between East and West.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Kashgar canonical	27
Kashgar Prefecture	6
Kashgar region	2
Kashgar Oasis	1
Old City of Kashgar	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ historical city ⓘ oasis city ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Kashgar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kashgar Prefecture
borderRole	gateway between China and Central Asia ⓘ gateway between China and the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
climate	cold desert climate ⓘ
commonlySpokenLanguage	Uyghur language ⓘ
connectedBy	Karakoram Highway ⓘ
connectedTo	Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
dominantReligion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ trade ⓘ
ethnicMajority	Uyghurs ⓘ surface form: Uyghur
hasMarket	livestock market ⓘ
heritage	Silk Road heritage ⓘ
historicalAffiliation	Kingdom of Khotan ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ Tang dynasty ⓘ Yarkand Khanate ⓘ
historicalRole	Silk Road trading hub ⓘ commercial crossroads between East and West ⓘ cultural crossroads between East and West ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Asia ⓘ Tarim Basin ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Western China ⓘ surface form: western China
locatedNear	Karakoram ⓘ surface form: Karakoram Mountains Pamir Mountains ⓘ Tien Shan ⓘ surface form: Tian Shan Mountains
locatedOn	western edge of the Taklamakan Desert ⓘ
notableSite	Apak Khoja Mausoleum ⓘ Id Kah Mosque ⓘ Kashgar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old City of Kashgar Sunday Bazaar ⓘ
officialLanguage	Standard Chinese ⓘ
partOf	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
region	Xinjiang ⓘ surface form: southern Xinjiang
religion	Islam ⓘ
role	prefecture-level city ⓘ
timeZone	China Standard Time ⓘ
traversedBy	Yarkand River ⓘ surface form: Kashgar River
urbanFeature	labyrinthine old streets ⓘ traditional mud-brick houses ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Silk Road routes → majorCityOnRoute → Kashgar ⓘ

Tarim Basin → hasMajorOasis → Kashgar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kashgar Oasis

Tarim Basin → contains → Kashgar ⓘ

Xinjiang → containsCity → Kashgar ⓘ

Uyghurs → majorCity → Kashgar ⓘ

Chagatai Khanate → capital → Kashgar ⓘ

The Kite Runner (film) → filmingLocation → Kashgar ⓘ

China–Pakistan Economic Corridor → startPoint → Kashgar ⓘ

Khunjerab Pass → administrativeTerritoryChinaSide → Kashgar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kashgar Prefecture

Karakoram Highway → terminusInChina → Kashgar ⓘ

Kashgar → administrativeDivision → Kashgar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kashgar Prefecture

Kashgar → notableSite → Kashgar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old City of Kashgar

Taklamakan Desert → hasNearbyCity → Kashgar ⓘ

East Turkestan Republic → locatedIn → Kashgar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kashgar region

East Turkestan Republic → capital → Kashgar ⓘ

East Turkestan Republic → proclaimedIn → Kashgar ⓘ

Yarkand River → flowsThrough → Kashgar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kashgar Prefecture

Kara-Khanid Khanate → capital → Kashgar ⓘ

Northwest China → hasCity → Kashgar ⓘ

Kokand–Qing border conflicts → hasLocation → Kashgar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kashgar region

Muztagh Ata → near → Kashgar ⓘ

Muztagh Ata → accessTown → Kashgar ⓘ

Silk Road cultural sphere → notableCenter → Kashgar ⓘ

Kyrgyzstan–China border → nearbyFeature → Kashgar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kashgar Prefecture

Chagataid dynasty → capital → Kashgar ⓘ

Moghulistan → includedRegion → Kashgar ⓘ

Modern Uyghur → majorCenter → Kashgar ⓘ

Central Asian architecture → historicalCenter → Kashgar ⓘ

Mongol-ruled Central Asia → majorCity → Kashgar ⓘ

China National Highway 219 → passesThrough → Kashgar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kashgar Prefecture

Tashkurgan → locatedInAdministrativeUnit → Kashgar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kashgar Prefecture

Tashkurgan → roadConnectionTo → Kashgar ⓘ

KKH → terminusInChina → Kashgar ⓘ

subject surface form: Karakoram Highway

Friendship Highway → terminusA → Kashgar ⓘ

China National Highway 314 section → connectsCity → Kashgar ⓘ

Sunday Bazaar → locatedIn → Kashgar ⓘ

Yarkand Khanate → contains → Kashgar ⓘ