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Also known as Opal, U-pal

Upal (; ) is a town in Shufu County in Western Xinjiang, China.

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  • Karakoram Highway
  • Mahmud al-Kashgari
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Upal (; ) is a town in Shufu County in Western Xinjiang, China.

==Karakoram Highway== Upal is on the Karakoram Highway, which follows the old Silk Road route from China to Pakistan. Travelling from China, it is about 50 km southwest of Kashgar or about 180 km north of Tashkurgan (which is about 120 km over the Khunjerab Pass from Sust in Pakistan).

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