Kashgar

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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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Kashgar Prefecture 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pamir Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tian Shan Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 Kashgar River NERFINISHED ⓘ
urbanFeature labyrinthine old streets ⓘ
traditional mud-brick houses ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Kashgar → administrativeDivision → Kashgar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kashgar Prefecture
this entity surface form: Kashgar Prefecture
Chagatai Khanate → capital → Kashgar ⓘ
Tarim Basin → contains → Kashgar ⓘ
Xinjiang → containsCity → Kashgar ⓘ
Tarim Basin → hasMajorOasis → Kashgar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kashgar Oasis
Uyghurs → majorCity → Kashgar ⓘ
Kashgar → notableSite → Kashgar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Kashgar