Xayar County
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The Xayar (Shayar) County (Chinese: 沙雅县, Pinyin: Shāyǎ Xiàn; Uyghur: شايار ناھىيىسى, Shayar Nahiyisi, Xayar Nah̡iyisi) [1] is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Aksu Prefecture. It contains an area of 31,868 sq km. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 210,000.
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- ^ The official spelling is "Xayar" according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, Zhōngguó dìtú chūbǎnshè 中国地图出版社 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 313.