Kargilik (other)
Kargilik, sometimes also spelt Karghilik, may refer to: * Kargilik County (Yecheng) in southern Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China * Kargilik Town (Yecheng), a city in southern Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China See also * Kargalik (other) * Kargili (other) Kargili may be: * the adjective form of the name of Kargil, a town in Ladakh, India * Kargılı, the name of several villages in Turkey: ** Kargılı, Tarsus, in Mersin Province ** , in Tekkeköy, Samsun Province ** , in Bozova Bozova ( ota, بو ...

Kargilik County
Kargilik County ( transliterated from ; ); from Mandarin Chinese Yecheng County (), is a county in southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Kashgar Prefecture. It contains an area of 28,600 km². To the north, the county borders Makit County. To the east, the county borders Guma County (Pishan) in Hotan Prefecture. To the west, the county borders Yarkant County, Poskam County and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County. In the south, the county has a border of more than with Pakistan and India administered areas of Kashmir. History In 1975, future Communist Party of China Deputy Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Zhu Hailun was sent to Kargilik County in the Down to the Countryside Movement. Geography The northern part of the county is in the Taklamakan Desert and the southern part of the county is in the Kunlun Mountains. Mazar Pass is located in the southern part of the county. Climate Administrative d ...
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Kargilik Town
Kargilik or Karghalik or Yecheng in Chinese, is a town in Xinjiang, China. It is to the southeast of Kashgar, at a distance of 249 km by road and is north of Mazar by 249 km.Dorje (2009), p. 453. It is the seat of Kargilik (Yecheng) County. Kargilik/Yecheng is the name of both the oasis and the town. It is situated on the southern rim of the Taklamakan desert, about halfway between Pishan and Yarkand on the southern route around the Tarim Basin. It is about 50 km north of Kokyar. The rich loess terraces of the oasis are watered by the Tiznaf river and several smaller streams. They are joined to the north by a belt of cultivated land stretching about 40 km from the town of Yecheng to the Yarkand River. History During the Former Han period, this place was referred to as Xiye (). It was described as having 350 households, 4,000 people and 1,000 men able to bear arms. It was ruled by a king of a neighboring area called Zihe (). In the Later Han period it was also known as Piaosha ...
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Kargalik (other)
Kargalık may refer to: * Kargalık, Korkuteli, a village in Antalya Province, Turkey * , a village in Sarıkaya district, Yozgat Province, Turkey * Kargalık, historic name of two villages, now merged into Corbu, Constanța, Romania See also * Kargali (other) * Kargilik (other) Kargilik, sometimes also spelt Karghilik, may refer to: * Kargilik County (Yecheng) in southern Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China * Kargilik Town (Yecheng), a city in southern Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uighur Autonom ...