Sampul, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Shanpulu; ;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency zh, t=山普魯鎮, s=, formerly / ) is a

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Lop County Lop, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency County (, Uyghur: ), also Luopu, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (from Mandarin Chinese), is a county in Hotan Prefecture, in the southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghu ...

(Luopu),

Hotan Prefecture Hotan PrefectureThe official spelling is "Hotan" according to (also known as Gosthana, Gaustana, Godana, Godaniya, Khotan, Hetian, Hotien) is located in the Tarim Basin region of southwestern Xinjiang, China, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region ...

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

, China.

History

Local inhabitants at Sampul cemetery around where art such as the Sampul tapestry has been found,Christopoulos, Lucas (August 2012), "Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)," in Victor H. Mair (ed), ''Sino-Platonic Papers'', No. 230, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, pp 15-16, ISSN 2157-9687. buried their dead from roughly 217 BCE to 283 CE. The analysis of

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distribution showed that the Sampula inhabitants had a large mixture of

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and European characteristics. According to Chengzhi et al. (2007), analysis of maternal

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of the human remains has revealed genetic affinities at the maternal side to

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and Iranians, an Eastern-Mediterranean

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lineage.Christopoulos, Lucas (August 2012), "Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)," in Victor H. Mair (ed), ''Sino-Platonic Papers'', No. 230, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, p. 27 & footnote #46, ISSN 2157-9687. The Sampul tapestry was discovered in Sampul in the mid-1980s. On October 21, 2014, Sampul township () disestablished and Sampul town () was created. In 2016–17, five villages were added to Sampul. On the afternoon of April 7, 2017, the XUAR Judiciary Office's de-extremization () propaganda team began three days of de-extremization lectures in the county including visits in Sampul. On December 13, 2019, the body of a 5 year old Uyghur boy was found in snow in a stream in Sampul, and

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of the discovery led to international attention.

Administrative divisions

, Sampul included thirty-one

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-derived names, except where Uyghur is provided''): *Arimaili () *Xianbaibazha () *Köchken (Kuoqikan, Kuoqikancun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / ) *Lengger (Langan, Langancun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / ) *Kilente (Kelante, Kelantecun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / ) *Aydingköl (Ayidingkule, Ayiding Kulecun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / ) *Bash medris (Bashi'airike, Bashi Airikecun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / , or Bashi'akemaidirisi ) *Ayagh medris (Ayake'airike; / , or Ayake'akemaidirisi, Ayake Akemai Dirisicun, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ) *Chaqpi mark (Qiakemake, Qiake Makecun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / ) *Jay'ëriq (Jiayi'airike, Jiayi Airikecun; / ) *Qurbagh (Ku'erbage, Ku’er Bagecun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / ) *Qotaz (Kuotazilangan; / ) *Ildam (Yiledamu, Yiledamucun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / ) *Bashikeyikuo () *Qumbagh (Kumubage, Kumu Bagecun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / ) *Sëriq (Serike; / ) *Qarangghuyar (Karangguya, Karang Guyacun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / ) *Ayagh qiyqu (Ayagekeyikuo; / ) *Kalayangtake (Kalayang Takecun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ) *Bashbiz (Bashibizili, Bashibizilicun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / ) *Otturabiz (Outulabizili, Outula Bizilicun;, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / ) *Ayagh biz (Ayagebizili; / ) *Karki (Kalake'er; / ) *Yëngi lengger (Yinglangan; / ) *Bositankule () *Yingbage () *Bulake () *Bashikule () *Ayagekelante () *Nu'erluke () *Kazimileke () In 2009, villages in Sampul township included: *Arimaili (), Xianbaibazha (), Kuoqikan (), Langan (), Kelante (), Ayidingkule (), Bashi'akemaidirisi (), Ayake'akemaidirisi (), Qiakemake (), Jiayi'airike (), Ku'erbage (), Kuotazilangan (), Yiledamu (), Bashikeyikuo (), Kumubage (), Serike (), Karangguya (), Ayagekeyikuo (), Kalayangtake (), Bashibizili (), Outulabizili (), Ayagebizili (), Kalake'er (), Yinglangan (), Bositankule (), Yingbage ()

Demographics

Notes

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Xinjiang Township-level divisions of Xinjiang