Yarkand topographic map
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Yarkand
Yarkant County, also Shache County, also transliterated from Uyghur as Yakan County, is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, located on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin. It is one of 11 counties administered under Kashgar Prefecture. The county, usually referred to as Yarkand in English, was the seat of an ancient Buddhist kingdom on the southern branch of the Silk Road and the Yarkand Khanate. The county sits at an altitude of 1,189 metres (3,901 ft) and as of 2003 had a population of 373,492.
About this map
Name: Yarkand topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Yarkand, Yarkant County, Kachgar, Xinjiang, China (38.25704 77.08114 38.57704 77.40114)
Average elevation: 1,227 m
Minimum elevation: 1,195 m
Maximum elevation: 1,294 m