Kashgar

English thumb| Alternative forms obsolete en Cascar Cashgar Cashkar Kaschgar directly from Persian en Kashghar Kâshghar Kāshghar Etymology en ru Кашга́р, from en fa کَاشْغَر kâšġar. Pronunciation kăsh′gärKashgar 916 2Kash·gar 373 2 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-StalJosA-Kashgar.wav GA Proper noun en prefecture autonomous region/Xinjiang c/China. en May 11, 2017 Adam Jourdan Eight killed when magnitude 5.5 earthquake hits China's northwest Paul Tait w:Reuters https://archive.ph/V4UAy https://www.reuters.com/article/world/eight-killed-when-magnitude-55-earthquake-hits-chinas-northwest-idUSKBN18702W/ March 09, 2025 The China Earthquake Administration (CEA) said the quake occurred in the remote Taxkorgan County area of Kashgar Prefecture at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). en December 17, 2017 Gerry Shih AP Exclusive: Digital police state shackles Chinese minority https://web.archive.org/web/20220428043641/https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-china-race-and-ethnicity-asia-pacific-1ec5143fe4764a1d8ea73ce4a3e2c570 28 April 2022 w:AP News In one year, Kashgar Prefecture, which has a population of 4 million, has carried out mandatory checks for practically its entire population, said Yang Yanfeng, deputy director of Kashgar’s propaganda department. She characterized the checkups as a public health success story, not a security measure. en 2019 CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA ANNUAL REPORT 2019 w:Congressional-Executive Commission on China 209 https://web.archive.org/web/20200626131345/https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/EMBARGOED_CECC%202019%20Annual%20Report.pdf June 26, 2020 In addition, in January 2019, the Hong Kong-based security services company Frontier Services Group (FSG) announced on its website that it had signed an agreement with local XUAR officials to build a training facility in Kashgar prefecture, XUAR. en 10/28/2020 Coronavirus digest: Italy posts record infection numbers as Europe locks down w:Deutsche Welle https://web.archive.org/web/20201028154819/https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-italy-protests/a-55417951 October 28, 2020 https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-italy-protests/a-55417951 News Authorities in Kashgar prefecture in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China say they have completed tests on more than 4.7 million residents. It follows the country's latest outbreak at the weekend. en en county-level city prefecture/Kashgar ar/Xinjiang c/China. en https://archive.org/details/geographyrectifi00mord/ 1693 Of China Geography Rectified; or a Description of the World 3rd w:Robert Morden 439 https://archive.org/details/geographyrectifi00mord/page/439/ The Province of Xenſi extends to the Kingdom of Preſter John. Caſcar and Thebet, which the Chineſes in a general Name call Sifan it is a large Province, and is divided into eight Counties, having one hundred and eighty Cities: Sigan is the Metropolis of the whole, ſeated on the River Guei, in a moſt pleaſant and delightful place, of a noble Proſpect, and good Trade. on en https://archive.org/details/s2492id1330055/ 1826 Foreign News w:Sylvanus Urban w:The Gentleman's Magazine XCVI London w:John Nichols and Son 634 https://archive.org/details/s2492id1330055/page/634/ The last accounts from Mr. Moncrieff left him at Cashmere. From that place he sent to ask permission of the Government of Kashgar to go to Buchara, to purchase horses. This was refused, and he was obliged to take another route and proceed through Cabul. en 1977 Jack Chen Sinkiang Story https://archive.org/details/sinkiangstory00jack/ Macmillan Publishing Company 0-02-524640-2 77-22938 780458304 xxv https://archive.org/details/sinkiangstory00jack/page/n28/ The weapon steel and metalwork of Kashgar, the carpets of Khotan, the painted caves of Kezir were famed throughout Central Asia. en https://archive.org/details/ldpd_14410744_000/ 1992 Xinjiang: Unquiet Spring Background Papers on Tibet Tibet Information Network 51 In 1990 a fight between armed locals and the police and military flared up in Baren, in Akto, near Kashgar, in which at least 22 people were killed, of whom six were members of the security forces; some sources say the locals had intended to initiate an armed uprising. en Synonyms from Uyghur ug كاشغەر -: en Kashgher, en Kaxgar SASM/GNC broad romanization, en Kaxĝär SASM/GNC strict romanization ug قەشقەر -: en Qeshqer, en Kaxkar SASM/GNC broad romanization, en K̂äxk̂är SASM/GNC strict romanization from Mandarin Chinese en Kashi, en K'a-shih, en K'o-shih from Chagatai chg قاشقار en Qashqar, en Qāshqār Derived terms en Kashgari en Kashgaria Translations prefecture, city Arabic: ar كَاشْغَر, ar قَشْقَر Chagatai: chg کاشغر Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 喀什 Kāshí, rare cmn 喀什噶爾 Kāshígá'ěr Czech: cs Kašgar m Estonian: et Kašgar s, et Kaxgar s Finnish: fi Kašgar French: fr Kachgar m, fr Kashgar m, fr Kashi m German: de Kaschgar n, de Kaxgar n Hindi: hi काशग़र, hi काशगर m Japanese: ja カシュガル Kashugaru Kalmyk: xal Хашхр Kazakh: kk Қашқар Korean: ko ^카스, ko ^카슈가르 Kyrgyz: ky Кашкар Latin: la Cascar Manchu: mnc ᡴᠠᡧᡳᡤᠠᡵ Mongolian: mn Кашгар, mn ᠺᠠᠱᠭᠠᠷ Persian: fa کاشغر kâšġar Polish: pl Kaszgar m-in Portuguese: pt Kashgar f Russian: ru Кашга́р m, ru Каши́ m indeclinable Saka: kho Kanchak Sanskrit: sa काश्गर्, sa काशि Sogdian: sog 𐫐𐫀𐫢 kāš Spanish: es Kashgar m, es Kashi m Thai: th คัชการ์ kát-gaa Tibetan: bo ཁ་ཧྲིའི Turkish: tr Kaşgar Urdu: ur کاشغر kāśġar m Uyghur: ug قەشقەر, ug كاشغەر Cyrillic: ug Қәшқәр Latin: ug Qeshqer, ug Kashgher Uzbek: uz Koshgʻar Zhuang: za Gahsiz References Further reading Kashgar in Encyclopædia Britannica Kashgar en 1998 Kashi Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1513 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1513/ 2 Also called Kashgar. Finnish Pronunciation Proper noun fi Kašgar Declension Kashgar a sg 0 Portuguese Proper noun f pt city p/Xinjiang c/China Kashgar Spanish es: Proper noun m es city ar/Xinjiang c/China Kashgar es Kasgar