Kargilik Town
Kargilik
قاغىلىق بازىرى 喀格勒克镇 Yecheng | |
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| Coordinates: 37°53′6″N 77°24′47″E / 37.88500°N 77.41306°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Kashgar Prefecture |
| County | Kargilik County |
| Area | |
• Total | 37.5 km2 (14.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 75,730 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Major ethnic groups | Uyghur |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 葉城 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 叶城 | ||||||||||
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| Han Dynasty name | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 西夜 | ||||||||||
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| Alternate Han Dynasty name | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 漂沙 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Drifting sands | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | قاغىلىق | ||||||||||
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Kargilik (Uyghur: قاغىلىق) or Yecheng (Chinese: 叶城) is a town in Xinjiang, China. It is to the southeast of Kashgar, at a distance of 249 km by road and is north of Mazar by 249 km. It is the seat of Kargilik (Yecheng) County.
Kargilik/Yecheng is the name of both the oasis and the town. It is situated on the southern rim of the Taklamakan desert, about halfway between Pishan and Yarkand on the southern route around the Tarim Basin. It is about 50 km north of Kokyar. The rich loess terraces of the oasis are watered by the Tiznaf river and several smaller streams. They are joined to the north by a belt of cultivated land stretching about 40 km from the town of Yecheng to the Yarkand River.