| Shule County قەشقەر يېڭىشەھەر ناھىيىسى 疏勒县 |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture-level divisions | Kashgar Prefecture |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 疏勒縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 疏勒县 | ||||||||
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| Uyghur |
قەشقەر يېڭىشەھەر ناھىيىسى
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Shule County is a county situated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Kashgar Prefecture. It is located to the South of Kashgar City. In Ancient times, the Shule area was once the home to a Xiyu oasis civilisation, the Shule Kingdom.
During the Western Han Dynasty period, the Kingdom of Shule's strength was regarded as not strong. In the 2nd century AD, the Kushan King Kaniska vigorously disseminated teachings of Buddhism into the Shule area.
By the middle of the 6th century AD, the area fell under the control of the Göktürks and from then on, tribute had to be presented to them each year.
In 658 AD, the army of the Tang Dynasty pacified King Ashina Tuwu of the Western Qaghans and the city of Shule was incorporated among the four Administrative-level Towns of Anxi; hence the city was then under the Anxi government's protection.
Shule is served by China National Highway 315 and the Kashgar-Hotan Railway.
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