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Kashgar Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 喀什地区; pinyin: Kāshí Dìqū; Uyghur: قەشقەر ۋىلايىتى) is located in mid-western Xinjiang, China. It has a area of 139,077 km² and 3,405,713 inhabitants with a population density of 24.34 inhabitants/km² (2000).
Ethnic groups in Kashgar Prefecture, 2000 census
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Uyghur | 3,042,942 | 89.35% |
| Han | 311,770 | 9.15% |
| Tajik | 33,611 | 0.99% |
| Kirghiz | 5,078 | 0.15% |
| Hui | 5,046 | 0.15% |
| Uzbek | 2,496 | 0.07% |
| Tujia | 829 | 0.02% |
| Miao | 649 | 0.02% |
| Mongol | 634 | 0.02% |
| Tibetan | 530 | 0.02% |
| Zhuang | 521 | 0.02% |
| Others | 1,607 | 0.05% |
Administrative divisions
Kashgar Prefecture is divided into:
- 1 county-level city: Kashgar (喀什市)
- 11 counties: Shufu County (疏附县), Shule County (疏勒镇), Yengisar County (英吉沙县), Poskam County (泽普县), Shache County (莎车县), Yecheng (叶城县), Markit County (麦盖提镇), Yopurga County (岳普湖县), Jiashi County (伽师县), Bachu county (巴楚县)
- 1 autonomous county: Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County.
The seat of the local government is in Kashgar city
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