Yengisar County

History

In 1499, Ahmad Alaq seized Kashgar and Yengisar from Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat.

In 1847 and again in 1857, Kashgar and Yengisar were captured.

In 1882, Yengisar Independent Subprefecture (英吉沙直隸廳) was created.

In 1913, Yengisar Independent Subprefecture became Yengisar County.

The Battle of Yangi Hissar took place here in April 1934, when Ma Zhancang led the Chinese Muslim 36th division to attack the Turkic Muslim Uighur forces at Yangi Hissar, wiping out the entire Uighur force of 500 and killing the Emir Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra.

In 1955, Barin, Jamaterek and Ujme were transferred from Yengisar County to Akto County.

In September 2017, Horigul Nasir, then 21, was jailed for ten years for allegedly promoting the wearing of head scarves. Her brother Yusupjan Nasir was subsequently demoted from his position as an assistant officer of the Saghan township police office to a security guard at the township's Family Planning Department.

Administrative Divisions

Yengisar County included 4 towns, 10 townships, and two other areas:

Climate

|Jan record high C = 20.4 |Jan record low C = -22.2 |Feb record high C = 21.5 |Feb record low C = -22.6 |Mar record high C = 29.4 |Mar record low C = -10.1 |Apr record high C = 34.8 |Apr record low C = -1.4 |May record high C = 35.8 |May record low C = 4.4 |Jun record high C = 39.5 |Jun record low C = 8.8 |Jul record high C = 40.7 |Jul record low C = 10.9 |Aug record high C = 42.1 |Aug record low C = 9.5 |Sep record high C = 35.7 |Sep record low C = 3.4 |Oct record high C = 30.5 |Oct record low C = -4.4 |Nov record high C = 26.1 |Nov record low C = -12.0 |Dec record high C = 19.4 |Dec record low C = -20.1

Economy

, there was about 72,700 acres (480,014 mu) of cultivated land in Yengisar.

Demographics

|2000|213338 |2010|262067 |}}

As of 2015, 297,290 of the 302,542 residents of the county were Uyghur, 25,404 were Han Chinese and 851 were from other ethnic groups.

As of 1999, 97.82% of the population of Yengisar (Yingjisha) County was Uyghur and 1.79% of the population was Han Chinese.

Transportation

Yengisar is served by China National Highway 315 and the Southern Xinjiang railway.

Wildlife

The city of Yengisar gave its name to Yangihissar gecko (Cyrtopodion elongatum) lizard species, which occurs throughout eastern Central Asia, including Xinjiang and Gansu Province.

Notable persons

• Isa Alptekin, Uyghur nationalist
• Erkin Alptekin, 1st President of the World Uyghur Congress
• Arken Imirbaki
• Yulbars Khan

Gallery

File:KKH.png|Map of the Karakoram Highway including Yengisar File:NJ-43-7 Ying-Chi-Sha, China.jpg|Map including Yengisar (labeled as YING-CHI-SHA) (ACIC, 1969) File:STANFORD(1917) p61 PLATE19. SINKIANG (14597194848).jpg|Map including Yengisar (labeled as Yangihissar) (1917) File:Txu-oclc-6654394-nj-43-5th-ed.jpg|Map including Yengisar (labeled as YING-CHI-SHA (YANGI HISSAR)) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (AMS, 1966) File:Operational Navigation Chart G-7, 6th edition.jpg|From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Yengisar (Ying-chi-sha) (DMA, 1980) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 g-7a.jpg|Map including Yengisar (Ying-chi-sha) (DMA, 1984) File:Yengisar Knife Factory.jpg|Yengisar Knife Factory File:抵达英吉沙县.jpg|Yengisar يېڭىسار 英吉沙 File:英吉沙街景 - Streetview of Yengisar County - 2015.04 - panoramio.jpg

Notes

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