Shule County, also known as Yengisheher County (Uyghur Latin) or Yengixahar County (Uyghur SASM/GNC), 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.

Etymology Shule originally referred to Kashgar's new city, built by Han Chinese settlers, located from the old one. Shule may have been an attempt by the Chinese to transcribe the Sanskrit name for Kashgar, (). 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.

Administrative divisions The county includes 3 towns and 12 townships.

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Uyghur (UEY) Uyghur Latin (ULY) Administrative division codeTowns Yengisheher Town(Shule Town) () 653124100 Hanerik Town 653124101 Yapchan Town 653124102Townships Barin Township 653122200 Yanduma Township 653122201 Yamanyar Township 653122202 Baghchi Township 653122203 Tazghun Township 653122204 Yengierik Township 653122205 Kumusherik Township 653122206 Tagharchi Township 653122207 Ermudun Township 653122208 Aral Township 653122209 Harap Township 653122210 Yengiawat Township 653122211

Economy , there was about 85,400 acres (555,448 mu) of cultivated land in Shule.

Demographics

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.

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

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

Notable persons Almikhan Seyit / Alimihan Seyiti ( / ) , claimed to have died at 132 years old

Historical maps Maps including Shule:

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