Kargilik County
Kargilik County
Yecheng County | |
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Location of Kargilik County (red) within Kashgar Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates: 37°53′06″N 77°24′47″E / 37.88500°N 77.41306°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Kashgar |
| County seat | Kargilik |
| Area | |
• Total | 28,558.89 km2 (11,026.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 525,436 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (48/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Major ethnic groups | Uyghur, Han Chinese |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 844900 |
| Website | www |
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | قاغىلىق ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 葉城縣 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 叶城县 | ||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 喀格勒克縣 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 喀格勒克县 | ||||||||||
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Kargilik County (Uyghur: قاغىلىق ناھىيىسى), also known as Yecheng County (Chinese: 叶城县), is a county in southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Kashgar Prefecture. It contains an area of 28,600 km2. To the north, the county borders Makit County. To the east, the county borders Guma County (Pishan) in Hotan Prefecture. To the west, the county borders Yarkant County, Poskam County and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County. In the south, the county has a border of more than 80 km (50 mi) with Pakistan and India administered areas of Kashmir.