Shufu County

Shufu County
  • كونا شەھەر ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)
  • 疏附县 (Chinese)
Konaxahar, Konasheher, Kona Sheher
Aerial view
Aerial view
Location of Shufu County (red) within Kashgar Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Location of Shufu County (red) within Kashgar Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Shufu is located in Southern Xinjiang
Shufu
Shufu
Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Shufu is located in Xinjiang
Shufu
Shufu
Shufu (Xinjiang)
Shufu is located in China
Shufu
Shufu
Shufu (China)
Coordinates: 39°21′00″N 75°51′03″E / 39.35000°N 75.85083°E / 39.35000; 75.85083
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureKashgar
County seatTokkuzak[1][2]
Township-level divisions4 towns; 6 townships; other areas
Area
 • Total2,709.47 km2 (1,046.13 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total263,014
 • Density97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
 • Major ethnic groupsUyghur[4]
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard[a])
Postal code
844100
Websitewww.xjsf.gov.cn
Shufu County
Uyghur name
Uyghurقەشقەر كونا شەھەر ناھىيىسى
Literal meaningKashgar Old Town County
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiQeshqer Konasheher Nahiyisi
Yengi YeziⱪⱩəxⱪər Konaxəⱨər Naⱨiyisi
SASM/GNCKaxkar Konaxahar Nahiyisi
Siril YëziqiҚәшқәр Конашәһәр Наһийиси
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese疏附
Traditional Chinese疏附
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShūfù Xiàn
Wade–GilesShu¹-fu⁴ Hsien⁴
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese阔纳协海尔县
Traditional Chinese闊納協海爾縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKuònàxiéhǎi'ěr Xiàn
Second alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese喀什噶尔阔纳协海尔县
Traditional Chinese喀什噶爾闊納協海爾縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKāshígá'ěr Kuònàxiéhǎi'ěr Xiàn
Kazakh name
Kazakhقاشقار كونەءشار اۋدانى
Қашқар Көнешәр ауданы
Qaşqar Köneşär audany
Kyrgyz name
Kyrgyzقاشقار كۅۅنۅ شاار وودانى
Кашкар көөнө шаар ооданы
Qaşqar köönö şaar oodany

Shufu County, also transliterated from Uyghur as Konaxahar County or Konasheher County[5]/Kona Sheher County,[6][7] is a county in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It contains an area of 3,513 km2 (1,356 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 360,000.

According to a list obtained and partially verified by the Associated Press, Shufu county has the highest imprisonment rate of any location in the world.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference cihai was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  4. ^ 1997年疏附县行政区划. XZQH.org (in Simplified Chinese). 19 November 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2020. 1997年,面积4146平方千米,人口37万,有维吾尔、汉、柯尔克孜、哈萨克等13个民族,其中维吾尔族占98.63%,
  5. ^ Shohret Hoshur; Rachel Vandenbrink (11 June 2014). "Six Killed, Two Injured in Fresh Xinjiang Clashes". Radio Free Asia. Translated by Mamatjan Juma. Retrieved 5 April 2020. Four of the men were shot in Kashgar prefecture's Konasheher (in Chinese, Shufu) county in a confrontation triggered when local officials lifted a woman's veil during a house check in her village a week ago, police there said.
  6. ^ Qiao Long (19 September 2019). Luisetta Mudie (ed.). "'There Was a Cemetery Outside The Detention Center in Kashgar:' Asylum Seeker". Radio Free Asia. Translated by Luisetta Mudie. Retrieved 5 April 2020. Last year, his team was sent to work in a women's prison in Kashgar (Kashi) prefecture's Kona Sheher (Shufu) county, near the city of Kashgar, where around 500 "terrorists" were incarcerated, the vast majority of them ethnic minority Muslim Uyghurs.
  7. ^ Shohret Hoshur; Joshua Lipes (5 December 2019). "Brother of Uyghur Linguist Confirmed Held in Xinjiang Internment Camp For Years". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 7 April 2020. Erkin Ayup, a graduate of Xinjiang University in the XUAR capital Urumqi, was detained shortly after being promoted as head of oversight for the Organization Department of the Committee of the Communist Party of China for his hometown of Toquzaq in Kashgar's Kona Sheher (Shufu) county in 2017, but his whereabouts had since been unknown.
  8. ^ Al Jazeera. "Uighur county in China has highest prison rate in the world". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-05-24.


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