Yarkand

/ ˌjɑːˈkænd /

noun

1. another name for Shache

Example Sentences

That same year, according to a Chinese news report cited by Horizon, Xinjiang’s Yarkand County signed a “labor export cooperation framework agreement” with a subsidiary named East Hope Group Xinjiang Aluminum Company.

From New York Times

“The interrogators told me, ‘Don’t raise a voice against China here, even in personal gatherings,’” said the shop owner, 53, who believes his uncle in Yarkand, in Xinjiang, is also in a camp.

From Los Angeles Times

YARKAND, China — The winding, crowded lanes of old Yarkand, an ancient Silk Road town, preserve patterns of life that go back centuries.

From New York Times

Yarkand still offers glimpses of its ancient splendors.

From New York Times

Yarkand was the capital of an Islamic dynasty, the Yarkand Khanate, which lasted two centuries from 1514.

From New York Times