What is Kashgar?
[[File:20160513 China 6367 Kashgar sRGB (29700620670).jpg|thumb|Id Kah mosque in central Kashgar]] '''Kashgar''' or '''Kashi''' is an [[oasis]] county-level city with about 350,000 residents in the province of [[Xinjiang]] in the the far west of [[China]], near the border with [[Tajikistan]] and [[Kyrgyzstan]]. Kashgar is the administrative centre of Kashgar Prefecture of the [[Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]] which has a population of approximately 4 million.<ref>[http://english.eastday.com/e/voy1/u1a4046282.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205082939/http://english.eastday.com/e/voy1/u1a4046282.html |date=2009-12-05 }} accessed 24 December 2008.</ref> The city's urban area covers {{convert|15|km²|abbr=on}}, though its administrative area extends for {{convert|555|km²|abbr=on}}. Kashgar was the meeting point for the southern and northern ancient [[Silk Road|Silk Routes]] for 2000 years because of its situation. The [[Taklamakan Desert]] is to the east of the city while westwards are the high mountains of [[Pamir Mountains|Pamir]] so camels must be exchanged for yaks (or vice versa). Kashgar remains very much a predominantly Uighur city; its market called Sunday Bazaar [http://www.thesilkroadchina.com/photo-v152-sunday-bazaar.html] is resorted to by merchants from nearby countries such as Kazakhstan, Tadjikistan, and Kirghizistan and is reputed the largest in [[Central Asia]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *[http://www.xjks.gov.cn/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608230708/http://www.xjks.gov.cn/ |date=2008-06-08 }} *[http://www.thesilkroadchina.com/photo-c9-kashgar-photos.html Kashgar Photos] {{asia-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Cities in China]] [[Category:Geography of Xinjiang]]