Xayar County


Xayar County, also Shayar County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Aqsu Prefecture. It contains an area of. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 210,000.

History

In 1902, Xayar County was established.
On July 15, 1996, a prison rebellion in Xayar County led to the deaths of fifteen.
In June 2008, Gezqum Township was established. On December 30, 2008, the township's government started operation.
In 2011, Yantaqsheher Township was established.
In 2012, Xadadong was established. On February 25, 2013, the town's government started operation.
On May 26, 2014, Gulbagh, then a township, was made a town.
In an Agence France-Presse report, between 2017 and 2019, three cemeteries in Xayar County were among dozens of Uyghur cemeteries destroyed in Xinjiang. The unearthed human bones from the cemeteries in Xayar County were discarded.

Administrative divisions

, Xayar County included seven towns, four townships and four other areas:
Towns :
Townships :
Other areas
Agriculture and animal husbandry are equally strong in the county. Agricultural products include wheat, corn and cotton as well as melons, yema, walnut, velvet antler, muskrat, and licorice root. The county is the main location for Sanbei Sheep lambskin production. Industries include knitting, leather making, food processing and others.
The seven major speciality products of the county include Tarim Huyang, cotton, red deer, dates, Karakul sheep, salt cedar, and sword-leaf dogbane.

Demographics

As of 2015, 230,129 of the 274,382 residents of the county were Uyghur, 41,463 were Han Chinese and 2,790 were from other ethnic groups.
Most residents of Xayar are Muslim Uyghurs.
As of 1999, 84.05% of the population of Xayar County was Uyghur and 14.6% of the population was Han Chinese.

Transportation

Historical English-language maps including Xayar: