Kashgar

Kashgar, also known as Kashi, is a city in the Tarim Basin region of southern Xinjiang, China. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, located near the country's border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Wikipedia

Population 782,662 (Wikidata)

Photo · Commons

Before you go

Visas and entry What your passport needs for China
Daylight 9 h 24 in Dec, dark by 17:33 · 14 h 56 in Jun
  1. January: 9 h 41 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 43 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 54 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 13 of daylight
  5. May: 14 h 20 of daylight
  6. June: 14 h 56 of daylight
  7. July: 14 h 42 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 45 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 30 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 13 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 02 of daylight
  12. December: 9 h 24 of daylight
Tourist office · 520 m Tourist service center

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Stone market

    No hours mapped

    270 m from the centre
  • 坎土曼巴扎

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    810 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

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