Shufu County

Shufu County, also transliterated from Uyghur as Konaxahar County or Konasheher County, Kona Sheher County, is a county in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It contains an area of . According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 360,000.

Name

The names of "Shufu County" and nearby "Shule County", transliterations of local language names from the Han dynasty corresponds to its Uyghur names, "Kona Xahar" (meaning 'old city') and "Yengi Xahar" (New City) respectively. The names for the two counties in both languages may share their origins in languages of the Saka people, residents of Kashgar area before its linguistic Turkification in as late as the 11th century.

History

During the initial years of the Western Han Dynasty, pertaining to the Western Shule region of the nation. In 1762, the Qing government in Kazuo relocated to Kashgar Gaer City (present-day Kashgar City), situated two miles northwest of the newly established "Leining City". In 1826, Leining City was destroyed. In 1828, a new city was constructed, relocating the Shule government, military, and warehouses to this new city. A governor was appointed to oversee it, designating it as Shule County, commonly referred to as the new city or Han City. The original Shule County was renamed Shufu County, which is the adjacent city of Shule, typically called the old city or Back City.

In the fall of 1955, the county people's government relocated to the town of Tokezak, marking the establishment of the new county town.

In 2013, Awat Township (Awati; ئاۋات يېزىسى / 阿瓦提乡) and Yëngi'östeng Township (Yingwusitan; يېڭىئۆستەڭ يېزىسى / 英吾斯坦乡) were transferred to Kashgar city.

On December 15, 2013, 16 people were killed in an attack on a police station. A group, armed with knives and bombs, attacked the police station and killed two police officers. In the aftermath 14 of the 16 attackers were killed by police special units.

On April 28, 2014, Chinese Communist Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping visited Tokkuzak (Tuokezhake) during his inspection tour of Xinjiang.

In 2014, the authorities of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region dissolved Upar Township and subsequently reestablished it. On October 21, the government of the autonomous region consented to move Aqqash Township (Akekashi) of Shushi County to the jurisdiction of Kashgar City. In July 2024, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region sanctioned the transfer of Lankan Township in Shushi County to the jurisdiction of Kashgar City. The government of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region has sanctioned the reallocation of Langan Township in Shushi County to the jurisdiction of Kashgar City.

Demographics

Administrative divisions

Shufu County included 4 towns, 6 townships.

Economy

The county is an important area for wheat, corn, sorghum, cotton, and rice production in southern Xinjiang, as well as producing apricots, grapes, pomegranates, muskmelon, pistachio and other fruits. Industries include cotton spinning, food, cotton ginning and others.

Demographics

As of 2015, 271,556 of the 277,877 residents of the county were Uyghur, 5,406 were Han Chinese and 915 were from other ethnic groups.

As of 1999, 94.69% of the population of Konaxahar (Shufu) County was Uyghur and 5.02% of the population was Han Chinese.

Transportation

* China National Highway 314

Notable persons

* Abdur Rahman Kashgari
* Ismail Tiliwaldi

Gallery

File:乌帕尔乡 - Upal Township - 2015.04 - panoramio.jpg
File:Upal-mezquita-d02.jpg
File:NJ-43-3 Kashi, China.jpg, Map including Shufu (Shu-fu) ( DMA, 1983)

Notes

References

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County-level divisions of Xinjiang
Kashgar Prefecture