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
Towns
Yengisheher Town[9][10]
(Shule Town)
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Townships
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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
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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 1885Template: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

Historical maps

Maps including Shule:

Notes

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References

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