Kashgar Prefecture

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Kashgar Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 喀什地区; Pinyin: Kāshí Dìqū; Uyghur: قەشقەر ۋىلايىتى / K̡əxk̡ər Vilayiti; also spelled Kashgar) is located in mid-western Xinjiang, China. It has an area of 139,077 km² and 3,405,713 inhabitants with a population density of 24.34 inhabitants/km² (2000), its capital is in Kashgar city.

[edit] Ethnic groups in Kashgar Prefecture, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Uyghur	3,042,942	89.35%
Han	311,770	9.15%
Tajik	33,611	0.99%
Kirghiz	5,078	0.15%
Hui	5,046	0.15%
Uzbek	2,496	0.07%
Tujia	829	0.02%
Miao	649	0.02%
Mongol	634	0.02%
Tibetan	530	0.02%
Zhuang	521	0.02%
Others	1,607	0.05%

[edit] Administrative divisions

Kashgar Prefecture is divided into:

1 county-level city: Kashgar (喀什市)
11 counties: Shufu County (疏附县), Shule County (疏勒镇), Yengisar (Yangihissar) County (英吉沙县), Poskam (Zepu) County (泽普县), Yarkant (Shache) County (莎车县), Kargilik (Yecheng) county (叶城县), Markit County (麦盖提镇), Yopurga County (岳普湖县), Payzawat (Jiashi) County (伽师县), Maralwexi (Bachu) County (巴楚县)
1 autonomous county: Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County.

[edit] Footnotes

Prefecture-level divisions of Xinjiang

Prefecture-level cities:	Karamay \| Ürümqi
Prefectures:	Aksu \| Hami \| Hotan \| Kashgar \| Turpan \| Altay¹ \| Qoqek¹
Autonomous prefectures:	Bayin'gholin \| Börtala \| Changji \| Ili \| Kizilsu
Sub-prefecture-level cities:	Aral \| Shihezi \| Tumushuke \| Wujiaqu
¹ Part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

List of Xinjiang County-level divisions

Administrative Divisions of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Provincial Capital：Ürümqi City)

Prefecture-level Cities, Regional District, Autonomous Prefectures	Urban Area Districts, County-level Cities, Counties, Autonomous Counties
Ürümqi City：	Tianshan District \| Saybagh District \| Xinshi District \| Shuimogou District \| Toutunhe District \| Dabancheng District \| Dongshan District \| Ürümqi County
Karamay City：	Karamay District \| Dushanzi District \| Baijiantan District \| Urho District
Turfan Prefecture：	Turfan City \| Toksun County \| Piqan County
Hami Prefecture：	Kumul City \| Yiwu County \| Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County
Hotan Prefecture：	Hotan City \| Hotan County \| Lop County \| Minfeng County \| Pishan County \| Qira County \| Keriya County \| Karakax County
Aksu Prefecture：	Aksu City \| Wensu County \| Xayar County \| Baicheng County \| Awat County \| Kuqa County \| Kalpin County \| Toksu County \| Uqturpan County
Kashgar Prefecture：	Kashgar City \| Maralbexi County \| Poskam County \| Peyziwat County \| Kargilik County \| Yopurga County \| Shule County \| Makit County \| Yengisar County \| Yarkand County \| Shufu County \| Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County
Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture：	Artux City \| Akqi County \| Ulugqat County \| Akto County
Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture：	Korla City \| Hejing County \| Yuli County \| Hoxud County \| Qiemo County \| Bohu County \| Luntai County \| Ruoqiang County \| Yanqi Hui Autonomous County
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture：	Changji City \| Fukang City \| Miquan City \| Qitai County \| Manas County \| Jimsar County \| Hutubi County \| Mori Kazakh Autonomous County
Börtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture：	Börtala City \| Jinghe County \| Wenquan County
Autonomous Regional Districts directly under the jurisdiction of the County-level Cities：	Shihezi City \| Aral City \| Tumushuke City \| Wujiaqu City
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture：	(The Tacheng Prefecture and Altay Prefectures are under the provincial jurisdiction of the Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture.)
Autonomous Territories：	Yining City \| Kuitun City \| Yining County \| Tekes County \| Nilka County \| Zhaosu County \| Xinyuan County \| Huocheng County \| Gongliu County \| Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County
Tacheng Prefecture：	Tacheng City \| Wusu City \| Emin County \| Yumin County \| Shawan County \| Toli County \| Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County
Altay Prefecture：	Altay City \| Qinggil County \| Jeminay County \| Fuyun County \| Burqin County \| Fuhai County \| Habahe County