Poskam County, Xinjiang
Poskam County
Posgam, Tse-p'u, Zepu | |
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Location of Poskam County (pink) within Kashgar Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates: 38°11′44″N 77°16′20″E / 38.19556°N 77.27222°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Kashgar |
| County seat | Poskam (Zepu) |
| Area | |
• Total | 987.97 km2 (381.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 214,543 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Major ethnic groups | Uyghur, Han Chinese, Mountain Tajik (China) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 844800 |
| Website | www |
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | پوسكام ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 泽普县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 澤普縣 | ||||||||||
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Poskam County (Posgam, Uyghur: پوسكام ناھىيىسى), also Zepu County (Chinese: 泽普县) is a county in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. The county is located on the southern bank of the Yarkand River, also known as the Zarafshān River (泽勒普善河). Poskam County is bordered to the north and west across the Yarkand River by Yarkant County (Shache) and to the south and east by Kargilik County (Yecheng).