Country China Province Xinjiang | Time zone China Standard (UTC+8) | |
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Prefecture-level divisions Kashgar Prefecture, Kashgar | ||
Yengisar County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China. It is under the administration of the Kashgar Prefecture. It contains an area of 3,373 km2. As of the 2002 census, it had a population of 230,000.
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Map of Yengisar, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
The county seat is the city of Yengisar, a town that is best known among the local Uyghurs for its handmade knives. The finely-tuned skill of knife making used to be passed down among generations in Yengisar but is slowly dying due to China's strict response to deadly clashes in the Xinjiang region.
Yengisar was also historically known as Yangi Hissar.
History
The Battle of Yangi Hissar took place there, In April 1934, 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.
Wildlife
The city of Yengisar gave its name to a lizard species, Yangihissar gecko (Cyrtopodion elongatum), which occurs throughout eastern Central Asia, including Xinjiang and Gansu Province.[1]
Transportation
Yengisar is served by China National Highway 315 and the Southern Xinjiang Railway.