Makit

Proper noun

Makit

1. A county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
   • Ecstatic traditional music and dance of the Dolan people from Makit County, Xinjiang. The Dolan musicians will not only treat the audience to Dolan muqam and Dolan folk songs, but also jam with guest musician Mamer in a ground-breaking session that will explore the traditional-improvised music of...2006 November 10, “The Soul of Dolan”, in Beijing Today, number 284, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24, column 3
   • The residential zone in the seat of Kashgar’s Makit (in Chinese, Maigaiti) county permits detainees to live with their families, but otherwise differs little from the camps where authorities are believed to have held 1.8 million people since April 2017, a source in the region told RFA.2020 August 4, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Xinjiang Authorities Relocate Camp Detainees to Restricted-Access ‘Residential Area’”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the...
2. A town in Makit, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

   Synonyms:

   Mai-kai-t'i, Maikaiti