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- proper noun A city of Central Asia, now a town and district of western China.
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Examples
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The waterway I intended to use was the river which in its upper course is called the Yarkand, and in its lower the Tarim.
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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"If the economy develops then the standard of living will rise hugely and that will naturally benefit stability," said Jia Tingyi, deputy head of Yarkand county, close to the old Silk Road city of Kasghar, a hotbed of unrest.
Insight: China's war on terror widens Xinjiang's ethnic divide Reuters 2011
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"If the economy develops then the standard of living will rise hugely and that will naturally benefit stability," said Jia Tingyi, deputy head of Yarkand county, close to the old Silk Road city of Kasghar, a hotbed of unrest.
Insight: China's war on terror widens Xinjiang's ethnic divide Reuters 2011
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Of these seventy-seven, eight resided in Kabul, seventeen in Tashkurgan, thirty-nine in Bukhara, three in Katta Kurgan, two in Karshi, three in Kolab, one in Charjui, one in Yarkand, and four in Ourganj or Khiva.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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The cities of Kashgar, Yarkand, Aksu, Khotan and Karamay may have also seen unrest, though it's hard to tell, given China's state-run propanganda.
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The cities of Kashgar, Yarkand, Aksu, Khotan and Karamay may have also seen unrest, though it's hard to tell, given China's state-run propanganda.
Archive 2009-07-01 Stephen Retherford 2009
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The cities of Kashgar, Yarkand, Aksu, Khotan and Karamay may have also seen unrest, though it's hard to tell, given China's state-run propanganda.
Does Chinese propaganda obscure what sparked this week’s riots? Stephen Retherford 2009
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The cities of Kashgar, Yarkand, Aksu, Khotan and Karamay may have also seen unrest, though it's hard to tell, given China's state-run propaganda.
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West Turkistan or the northern Tarim Basin, or they passed through Yarkand on the way to Kashgar to cross the Karakorum Mountains to Kashmir and on to the plains of India.
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Yarkand to the Qarakhanid Empire and converting its people to Islam.
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