Alaqagha

Proper noun

Alaqagha

1. A town in Kuqa, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
   • On 29 April 1996, a group of dozen armed men attacked the houses of Qavul Toqa, a member of the CPPCC National Committee and Deputy to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region People's Congress at Qunas village of Alaqagha Township in Kuqa County.2007, Mahesh Ranjan Debata, “Ethnic Separatism in Xinjiang”, in China's Minorities: Ethnic-religious Separatism in Xinjiang, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 168
   • In a recent example that demonstrates both of these tendencies, Radio Free Asia reported on 20 May that in Alaqagha township near Aksu, authorities had violently suppressed a protest against the detention of women and schoolgirls for wearing the hijab or headscarves, killing up to four protestors.2014 May 23, Michael Clarke, “Why is Xinjiang violence escalating?”, in BBC, archived from the original on 23 May 2014
2. (historical) A village in Alaqagha, Kuqa, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.