Shule County
| Shule County 疏勒县 • يېڭىشەھەر ناھىيىسى | |
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.png) Location of Shule County (red) within Kashgar Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Kashgar |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 疏勒县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 疏勒縣 | ||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 英纳协海尔县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 英納協海爾縣 | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur |
قەشقەر يېڭىشەھەر ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Kashgar New Town County | ||||||||||
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Shule County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Kaxgar Yengixahar County or shorten as Yengixahar County, is a county situated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Kashgar Prefecture. It is located to the South of Kashgar City. In Ancient times, the Shule area was once the home to a Xiyu oasis civilisation, the Shule Kingdom.
Transportation
Shule is served by China National Highway 315 and the Kashgar-Hotan Railway.
Coordinates: 39°23′29″N 76°02′24″E / 39.39139°N 76.04000°E
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