Shule County

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Shule County, also known as Yengisheher County^[4] or Yengixahar County,^[5] is a county of Kashgar Prefecture, in Xinjiang, China. It is located to the south of Kashgar. In ancient times, the Shule area was once the home to a Xiyu oasis civilisation, the Shule Kingdom.

CountryChina

County seatYengisheher (Shule)

Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard^[a])

Postal code

844200

Quick facts 疏勒县 (Chinese)يېڭىشەھەر ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)Yengisheher, Yengixahar, Country ...

Shule County 疏勒县 (Chinese) يېڭىشەھەر ناھىيىسى (Uyghur) Yengisheher, Yengixahar
County

Location of Shule County (red) within Kashgar Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Shule Location of the seat in Xinjiang Show map of Southern Xinjiang Shule Shule (Xinjiang) Show map of Xinjiang Shule Shule (China) Show map of China
Coordinates: 39°23′29″N 76°02′24″E
Country	China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Prefecture	Kashgar
County seat	Yengisheher (Shule)
Area ^[1]
• Total	2,394 km² (924 sq mi)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	355,544
• Density	148.5/km² (384.7/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
• Major ethnic groups	Uyghur^[3]
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard^[a])
Postal code	844200
Website	shule.gov.cn (in Chinese)

SimplifiedChinese疏勒县

TraditionalChinese疏勒縣

Hanyu PinyinShūlè Xiàn

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Shule County

Chinese name

Simplified Chinese

疏勒县

Traditional Chinese

疏勒縣

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shūlè Xiàn
Wade–Giles	Shu¹-lê⁴ Hsien⁴

Alternative Chinese name

Simplified Chinese

英纳协海尔县

Traditional Chinese

英納協海爾縣

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yīngnàxiéhǎi'ěr Xiàn

Second alternative Chinese name

Simplified Chinese

喀什噶尔英纳协海尔县

Traditional Chinese

喀什噶爾英納協海爾縣

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Kāshígá'ěr Yīngnàxiéhǎi'ěr Xiàn

Uyghur name

Uyghur

قەشقەر يېڭىشەھەر ناھىيىسى‎

Literal meaning

Kashgar New City County

Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi	Qeshqer Yëngisheher Nahiyisi
Yengi Yeziⱪ	Ⱪəxⱪər Yengixǝⱨǝr naⱨiyisi
SASM/GNC	Kaxgar Yengixahar Nahiyisi
Siril Yëziqi	Қәшқәр Йеңишәһәр наһийиси

Etymology

Shule originally referred to Kashgar's new city, built by Han Chinese settlers, located 6 miles (9.7 km) from the old one.^[6] Shule may have been an attempt by the Chinese to transcribe the Sanskrit name for Kashgar, Śrīkrīrāti (lit. 'fortunate hospitality').^[7] The county's Uyghur name literally means "Kashgar New City".

History

On May 31, 2012, Sidik Kurban was sentenced by Shule County Intermediate People's Court to fifteen years in jail and five years deprivation of political rights for 'inciting ethnic separatism' related to involvement in 'illegal religious activities'. For a decade, he had overseen home-based religious schools for eighty-six students.^[8]

Administrative divisions

The county includes 3 towns and 12 townships.^[9]^[10]^[1]

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Name	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Uyghur (UEY)	Uyghur Latin (ULY)	Administrative division code
Towns
Yengisheher Town^[11]^[12] (Shule Town)	疏勒镇 (英协海尔镇)	Shūlè Zhèn	يېڭىشەھەر بازىرى	yëngisheher baziri	653124100
Hanerik Town	罕南力克镇	Hǎnnánlìkè Zhèn	خانئېرىق بازىرى^[12]	xan'ëriq baziri	653124101
Yapchan Town	牙甫泉镇	Yáfǔquán Zhèn	ياپچان بازىرى	yapchan baziri	653124102
Townships
Barin Township	巴仁乡	Bārén Xiāng	بارىن يېزىسى^[12]	barin yëzisi	653122200
Yanduma Township	洋大曼乡	Yángdàmàn Xiāng	ياندۇما يېزىسى	yanduma yëzisi	653122201
Yamanyar Township	亚曼牙乡	Yàmànyá Xiāng	يامانيار يېزىسى	yamanyar yëzisi	653122202
Baghchi Township	巴合齐乡	Bāhéqí Xiāng	باغچى يېزىسى	baghchi yëzisi	653122203
Tazghun Township	塔孜洪乡	Tǎzīhóng Xiāng	تازغۇن يېزىسى^[12]	tazghun yëzisi	653122204
Yengierik Township	英尔力克乡	Yīng'ěrlìkè Xiāng	يېڭىئېرىق يېزىسى	yëngi'ëriq yëzisi	653122205
Kumusherik Township	库木西力克乡	Kùmùxīlìkè Xiāng	قۇمۇشئېرىق يېزىسى	qumush'ëriq yëzisi	653122206
Tagharchi Township	塔尕尔其乡	Tǎgǎ'ěrqí Xiāng	تاغارچى يېزىسى	tagharchi yëzisi	653122207
Ermudun Township	艾尔木东乡	Ài'ěrmùdōng Xiāng	ئەرمۇدۇن يېزىسى	Ermudun yëzisi	653122208
Aral Township	阿拉力乡	Ālālì Xiāng	ئارال يېزىسى	Aral yëzisi	653122209
Harap Township	阿拉甫乡	Ālāfǔ Xiāng	ھاراپ يېزىسى^[12]	harap yëzisi	653122210
Yengiawat Township	英阿瓦提乡	Yīng'āwǎtí Xiāng	يېڭىئاۋات يېزىسى	yëngi'awat yëzisi	653122211

Economy

As of 1885^[update], there was about 85,400 acres (555,448 mu) of cultivated land in Shule.^[13]

Demographics

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2000	284,853	—
2010	312,455	+0.93%
^[9]

As of 2015, 350,301 of the 377,029 residents of the county were Uyghur, 25,709 were Han Chinese and 1,019 were from other ethnic groups.^[14]

As of 1999, 93% of the population of Shule County was Uyghur and 6.7% of the population was Han Chinese.^[15]

Transportation

Shule is served by China National Highway 315 and the Kashgar-Hotan Railway.

Notable persons

Almikhan Seyit / Alimihan Seyiti (ئالمىخان سېيىت / 阿丽米罕·色依提) (in Uyghur), claimed to have died at 132 years old

Historical maps

Maps including Shule:

Map including Shule (labeled as Yangishahr) (1917)
Map including Shule (labeled as SU-LO) from the International Map of the World (AMS, 1966)^[b]
From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Shule (labeled as SHULE (SU-LE) (walled)) (DMA, 1980)^[c]
Map including Shule (Shu-le) (DMA, 1983)
Map including Shule (labeled as SHULE (SU-LE) (walled)) (DMA, 1984)^[d]

Notes

[a]
Locals in Xinjiang frequently observe UTC+6 (Xinjiang Time), 2 hours behind Beijing.
[b]
From map: "DELINEATION OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED AUTHORITATIVE"
[c]
From map: "The representation of international boundaries is not necessarily authoritative."
[d]
From map: "The representation of international boundaries is not necessarily authoritative"

References

[1]
疏勒概况. 疏勒县政府信息网 (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 24 March 2020. 疏勒县总面积为2394平方公里,总人口38.22万人，农村人口33.86万人，有维吾尔族、汉族、回族、乌孜别克族、柯尔克孜族、塔吉克族、蒙古族等民族。全县辖3镇12乡、2个农林场、228个行政村、21个社区，耕地面积120万亩。
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Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
[3]
1997年疏勒县行政区划. XZQH.org (in Simplified Chinese). 19 November 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2020. 面积2399平方千米，人口26.3万，有维吾尔、汉、柯尔克孜、回、乌孜别克、哈萨克、满、锡伯、塔塔尔、达斡尔、俄罗斯、蒙古、塔吉克等民族，其中维吾尔族占93％，辖3镇12乡，县政府驻疏勒镇。
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"2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: China—Xinjiang". United States Department of State.
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Vicky Xiuzhong Xu; Danielle Cave; James Leibold; Kelsey Munro; Nathan Ruser (1 March 2020). "Uyghurs for sale". Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Retrieved 24 March 2020. The transfer of Uyghur labour to Anhui was part of a 'Xinjiang Aid' project organised by the Guangdong government, which also involved HYP setting up a highly secure factory in Xinjiang's Shule (Yengixahar) county (Figure 11).
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Dillon, Michael (25 July 2014). Xinjiang and the Expansion of Chinese Communist Power: Kashgar in the Early Twentieth Century. Routledge. p. 5. doi:10.4324/9781315762111. ISBN 978-1-315-76211-1.
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Hill, John E. (2011). "Section 21: The Kingdom of Shule (Kashgar)". Archived from the original on 4 April 2016.
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"Nine Uyghurs Jailed Over Religious Activities". Radio Free Asia. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2020. The sentences of between six and 15 years were handed down May 31 by three county-level courts in Kashgar prefecture, the exile World Uyghur Congress (WUC) said.{...}In the heaviest of the sentences, the Shule County Intermediate People's Court sentenced Sidik Kurban to 15 years in jail and five years' deprivation of political rights on charges of "inciting ethnic separatism" following what it said was his involvement in illegal religious activities. He had overseen the operation of illegal, home-based religious schools throughout Xinjiang over the past decade that provided instruction for 86 students, including young children, the WUC cited a local newspaper as saying.
[9]
疏勒县历史沿革. XZQH.org. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2020. 2000年第五次人口普查，疏勒县常住总人口284853人，{...}2010年第六次人口普查，疏勒县常住总人口312455人，其中：疏勒镇40446人，罕南力克镇24481人，牙甫泉镇25081人，巴仁乡32215人，洋大曼乡17244人，亚曼牙乡15542人，巴合齐乡21865人，塔孜洪乡27393人，英尔力克乡20412人，库木西力克乡20355人，塔合其乡9268人，艾尔木东乡12393人，阿拉力乡11170人，阿拉甫乡18748人，英阿瓦提乡9936人，兵团四十一团5906人。【注：统计部门将"塔尕尔其乡"标为"塔合其乡"】
[10]
2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：疏勒县 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020. 统计用区划代码名称 653122100000 疏勒镇 653122101000 罕南力克镇 653122102000 牙甫泉镇 653122200000 巴仁乡 653122201000 洋大曼乡 653122202000 亚曼牙乡 653122203000 巴合齐乡 653122204000 塔孜洪乡 653122205000 英尔力克乡 653122206000 库木西力克乡 653122207000 塔合其乡 653122208000 艾尔木东乡 653122209000 阿拉力乡 653122210000 阿拉甫乡 653122211000 英阿瓦提乡 653122400000 疏勒南疆齐鲁工业园区
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(2015) ي ج د 313- (1) نومۇرلۇق. 新疆疏勒县法院网 (in Uyghur). 23 November 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020. جاۋابكار بxx، ئايال، ئۇيغۇر، 1971- يىلى 12- ئاينىڭ 2- كۈنى تۇغۇلغان، تولۇقسىز ئوتتۇرا مەكتەپ مەدەنىيەت سەۋىيەسىگە ئىگە، دېھقان، قوشۇمچە يىڭىشەھەر ناھىيە شەھەر موھىتىنى ئولتۇرۇقى: يېڭىشەھەر ناھىيە يېڭىشەھەر بازىرى سەككىز تاش كەنت 1-مەھەللە 1- كورپۇس، 19- نومۇرلۇق ئۆي، ئىلگىرى جازالانمىغان.
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شەندۇڭ ئۆلكىسى قۇرۇشقا ياردەم بەرگەن «مېھىر-شەپقەت تاللا بازىرى» تۈرى يېڭىشەھەر ناھىيەسىدە يولغا قويۇلدى. جۇڭگو قەشقەر تورى (in Uyghur). 28 July 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2020. نۆۋەتتە، بۇ تۈرنى نۇقتىدا سىناق قىلىش خىزمىتى يېڭىشەھەر ناھىيەسىنىڭ يېڭىشەھەر بازىرى، بارىن يېزىسى، تازغۇن يېزىسى، خانئېرىق بازىرى، ياپچان بازىرى، ھاراپ يېزىسىدىن ئىبارەت ئالتە يېزا (بازار)دا قانات يايدۇرۇلغان.
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3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 (in Simplified Chinese). Statistic Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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Morris Rossabi, ed. (2004). Governing China's Multiethnic Frontiers (PDF). University of Washington Press. p. 179. ISBN 0-295-98390-6.

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