Qaka (
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township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in
Qira County
Qira County ( Uyghur: ), alternatively Chira or Cele (from Mandarin Chinese), is a county in Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Almost all the residents of the county are Uyghurs and live around oases situated between th ...
(Chira, Cele),
Hotan Prefecture
Hotan PrefectureThe official spelling is "Hotan" according to (see also #Etymology, § Etymology) is located in the Tarim Basin region of southwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang, China, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region to t ...
,
Xinjiang
Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...
, China.
History
Qaka Township was established in 1984.
Administrative divisions
Qaka includes twenty
villages
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:
Villages
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Mandarin Chinese
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Hanyu Pinyin
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-derived names except where
Uyghur
Uyghur may refer to:
* Uyghurs, a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia (West China)
** Uyghur language, a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Uyghurs
*** Old Uyghur language, a different Turkic language spoken in the Uyghur K ...
is provided''):
*Querushi (Querushicun;
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[, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency] / ), Serikeqiang (), Qiaha (), Kexi (), Kezikudigai (), Duweilike (), Andi'er (), Anba (), Ganjisayi (), Kangtuokayi (), Axi (), Yuruketashi (), Asa (), Ennilike (), Kezileyaole (), Jiegetale (), Wuku (), Kalatashi (), Hongqi ()
See also
*
List of township-level divisions of Xinjiang
This is a list of township-level divisions (formal fourth-level administrative divisions including towns, townships, subdistricts and county districts) of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.
Ürümqi
Daban ...
References
Hotan Prefecture
Township-level divisions of Xinjiang
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