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Shufu County

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Country
  
China

Province
  
Xinjiang

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Shufu County

Prefecture-level divisions
  
Kashgar Prefecture, Kashgar

The Shufu (Kashgar Konasheher) County, is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Kashgar Prefecture. It contains an area of 3,513 kmĀ². According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 360,000.

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Map of Shufu, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China

2013 attack

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.

References

Shufu County Wikipedia