Shufu County

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Shufu (Kashgar Konasheher) County

疏附县قەشقەر كونا شەھەر ناھىيىسى
County
Location of the county
Location of the county
Country China
Province Xinjiang
Prefecture-level divisions Kashgar Prefecture
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Shufu County
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 疏附縣
Simplified Chinese 疏附县
Literal meaning Old Town County
Uyghur name
Uyghur
قەشقەر كونا شەھەر ناھىيىسى


The Shufu (Kashgar Konasheher) County, is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Kashgar Prefecture. It contains an area of 3,513 km². According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 360,000.

2013 attack

On December 15, 2013, 16 people were killed in an attack on a police-station. A group, armed with knives and bombs, attacked the police-station and killed two police officers.[1] In the aftermath 14 of the 16 attackers were killed by police special units.[2]

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