K'o-shih
Map including KASHA (K'O-SHIH) (DMA, 1980)
Map including (K'O-SHIH) KASHI (DMA, 1984)
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 喀什 (Kèshí), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻo⁴-shih².
Proper noun
K'o-shih
- Synonym of Kashgar
- 1954, CALAMITY DAMAGE AND CROP DATA, APRIL-OCTOBER 1953, EXTRACTED FROM CHINESE COMMUNIST PRESS, Central Intelligence Agency, page 2:
- K'o-shih Special Administrative District of Sinkiang had 1,630,000 mou of winter wheat under cultivation.
- 1956, Shabad, Theodore, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of The Chinese People's Republic, Frederick A. Praeger, LCCN 55-11530, OCLC 633834569, page 257:
- Kashgar is the largest city of the Tarim basin, situated also near the Soviet border. Its Chinese official name is K'o-shih, an abbreviated form of K'o-shih-k'a-erh, the phonetic rendering of Kashgar. Prior to 1950, Kashgar was known as Shufu. The city has a population of about 75,000, predominantly Uigur in ethnic composition. It is a center for trade in cotton, silk and sheepskins.
- late 1950s, LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS OF THE TIBETAN CAMPAIGN, page 7:
- A fourth route, of no practical logistical import, is the Sinkiang-Tibet highway route. This route extends from Kashgar (K'o-shih) in Sinkiang to Gartok in extreme western Tibet. This portion of the road is considered to be fair weather with the exact width unknown. From Gartok two routes of limited motorability extend to Zhikatse and Nagchhu Dzong (Hei-ho). The route from Gartok to Nagchhu Dzong, a point on the Lan-chou to Lhasa route, is thought to be little more than a course marked across the plateau and of no logistical value. Although motor vehicles have been operated between Gartok and Zhikatse, this route is of questionable motorability and of no logistical value.
- 1971, Jesse Wang, The Military Significance of the Sino-Soviet Border in Central Asia, United States Army War College, page 15:
- Kashgar (K'o-shih), about 110 miles from the border, with a population of over 100,000, is the largest city in West Sinkiang as well as a road center. One road leading south continues into Tibet by way of the Aksai Chin area which has been disputed with India. Like Yarkand, Aksu (A-k'o-su or Wen-su), and Khotan (Ho-T'ien), Kashgar is situated in an oasis--the largest in Sinkiang.
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Translations
Kashgar — see Kashgar
See also
- K'a-shih