Kashgar
Sign in to saveKashgar or Qeshqer () or Kashi () is a city in the Tarim Basin region of southern Xinjiang, China. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, located near the country's border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. For over 2,000 years, Kashgar has been a strategically important oasis on the Silk Road linking China with Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and has a population of 711,300 people (). Kashgar's urban area covers , although its administrative area extends over .
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Kashgar is a major city in western China's Xinjiang region, located near the borders with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. For over 2,000 years, it has served as a strategically crucial oasis and trading hub on the Silk Road, connecting China to Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
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Article
37 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Han dynasty
- The Kushans
- Three Kingdoms to the Sui dynasty
- Tang dynasty
- Battles with Arab Caliphate
- Turkic rule
- Mongol rule
- Qing conquest
- Dungan Revolt
- Qing rule
- Republic of China (1913–1933)
- First East Turkestan Republic
- Battle of Kashgar (1933)
- Battle of Kashgar (1934)
- Republic of China (1934–1949)
- People's Republic of China
- Climate
- Administrative divisions
- Demographics
- Economy
- Kashgar Sunday Market
- Special economic zone
- Notable sites
- Transportation
- Air
- Rail
- Road
- Sister cities
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
Kashgar or Qeshqer () or Kashi () is a city in the Tarim Basin region of southern Xinjiang, China. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, located near the country's border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. For over 2,000 years, Kashgar has been a strategically important oasis on the Silk Road linking China with Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and has a population of 711,300 people (). Kashgar's urban area covers , although its administrative area extends over .
At the convergence point of widely varying cultures and empires, Kashgar has been under the rule of the Chinese, Turkic, Mongol and Tibetan empires. The city has also been the site of a number of battles between various groups of people on the steppes.