Shule County
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Shule County, also known as Yengisheher County[1] or Yengixahar County,[2] is a county of Kashgar Prefecture, in Xinjiang, China. It is located to the south of Kashgar. In ancient times, the Shule area was once the home to a Xiyu oasis civilisation, the Shule Kingdom.
Etymology
Shule originally referred to Kashgar's new city, built by Han Chinese settlers, located Script error: No such module "convert". from the old one.[3] Shule may have been an attempt by the Chinese to transcribe the Sanskrit name for Kashgar, Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Literally).[4] The county's Uyghur name literally means "Kashgar New City".
History
On May 31, 2012, Sidik Kurban was sentenced by Shule County Intermediate People's Court to fifteen years in jail and five years deprivation of political rights for 'inciting ethnic separatism' related to involvement in 'illegal religious activities'. For a decade, he had overseen home-based religious schools for eighty-six students.[5]
Administrative divisions
The county includes 3 towns and 12 townships.[6][7][8]
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Administrative division code | |
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| Towns | ||||||
| Yengisheher Town[9][10] (Shule Town) |
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| Hanerik Town | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang".[10] | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653124101 | |
| Yapchan Town | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653124102 | |
| Townships | ||||||
| Barin Township | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang".[10] | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653122200 | |
| Yanduma Township | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653122201 | |
| Yamanyar Township | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653122202 | |
| Baghchi Township | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653122203 | |
| Tazghun Township | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang".[10] | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653122204 | |
| Yengierik Township | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653122205 | |
| Kumusherik Township | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653122206 | |
| Tagharchi Township | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653122207 | |
| Ermudun Township | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653122208 | |
| Aral Township | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653122209 | |
| Harap Township | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang".[10] | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653122210 | |
| Yengiawat Township | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "lang". | 653122211 | |
Economy
As of 1885[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there was about 85,400 acres (555,448 mu) of cultivated land in Shule.[11]
Demographics
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As of 2015, 350,301 of the 377,029 residents of the county were Uyghur, 25,709 were Han Chinese and 1,019 were from other ethnic groups.[12]
As of 1999, 93% of the population of Shule County was Uyghur and 6.7% of the population was Han Chinese.[13]
Transportation
Shule is served by China National Highway 315 and the Kashgar-Hotan Railway.
Notable persons
- Almikhan Seyit / Alimihan Seyiti (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) Template:In lang, claimed to have died at 132 years old
Historical maps
Maps including Shule:
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Map including Shule (labeled as Yangishahr) (1917)
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Map including Shule (labeled as SU-LO) from the International Map of the World (AMS, 1966)Template:Efn
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From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Shule (labeled as SHULE (SU-LE) (walled)) (DMA, 1980)Template:Efn
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Map including Shule (Shu-le) (DMA, 1983)
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Map including Shule (labeled as SHULE (SU-LE) (walled)) (DMA, 1984)Template:Efn
Notes
References
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