| Uighur name | |
|---|---|
| kona yezik̡ (Perso-Arabic script): | يېڭىسار ناھىيىسى |
| yengi yezik̡ (Latin alphabet): | Yengisar nah̡iyisi |
| Cyrillic alphabet: | Йеңисар наһийиси |
| Uyghur Latin Yéziqi: | Yéngisar Nahiyisi |
| other English spellings: | Yangihissar |
| Chinese name | |
| simplified characters: | 英吉沙县 |
| Pinyin: | Yīngjíshā Xiàn |
Yengisar County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China. It is under the administration of the Kashgar Prefecture. It contains an area of 3,373 km2. As of the 2002 census, it had a population of 230,000.
The county seat is the city of Yengisar. It contains a notable knife factory.[1]
Wildlife
The city of Yengisar gave its name to a lizard species, Yangihissar gecko (Cyrtopodion elongatus), which occurs throughout Eastern China.[1]
References
- ^ China. Eye Witness Travel Guides. pp. 514.
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Coordinates: 38°55′33″N 76°10′17″E / 38.92583°N 76.17139°E
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