Kargilik

Proper noun

Kargilik

1. A county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
   • At present, a 1 360-km drifting route by raft from the Yarkant Bridge of Yecheng (Kargilik) to the Daxihaizi reservoir of Wensu County has been opened.1997, Travelling around Xinjiang: A Land of Enchantment, Beijing: Science Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 155, column 3
   • While over 90 percent of Kargilik's 500,000-strong population are Uygurs, Manas, regarded as the western gateway to Urumqi, has a Han majority. Memet had met few Han people in Kargilik. In Manas, he made friends with the community easily, despite the fear mongering in the past that the Han were...2017 February 23, Li Fangfang, “Opportunity in Diversity”, in Beijing Review, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2017

   Synonyms:

   Yecheng, Yehcheng, Yeh-ch'eng