Kokyar
Kokyar (Kɵkyar, Көкяр, كۆكيار, Kök-yar, Kök-yār, , Pinyin: Kùkèyá; , "Kēkèyà Xiāng") is a township headquartered at a small oasis at the base of the Kunlun Mountains in southern Kargilik County, Kashgar Prefecture, southwestern Xinjiang, China. History. In 1958, Kokyar Commune () was established. In 1985, Kokyar Commune became Kokyar Township. On July 6, 2016, a massive landslide killed thirty-five residents from village 6 in Kokyar Township, around from the county seat. It took several days for rescue operations to reopen the road into the village. 352 residents were relocated. In 2016-2017, Akemeiqite village (阿克美其特村) was disestablished and  Nu'er'abati () was established, Amanxia (阿曼夏村) was disestablished and Halasitan village () was established, and Muchang village () was established. In 2019, a cooperative farm () was established in Halasitan village (). Geography. Kokyar is a small oasis, only about south of Karghalik, with cultivation limited to: Kokyar was the first oasis reached in the Taklamakan basin after travelling the winter route north from the Karakoram Pass via Bazar Dara or from northern Hunza Valley to Yarkand along the frozen Yarkand River. To the north, Kokyar Township borders Kargilik Town (Kageleke, Qaghiliq), to the east Ushsharbash Town (Wuxiabashi), and to the west Chipan Township (Qipan ). The average altitude in the township is between and above sea level. Administrative divisions. , Kokyar Township includes eighteen villages divided into four areas () ("Mandarin Chinese pinyin-derived names except where noted"): Areas (): Villages (): As of 2009, there were seventeen villages in Kokyar: Demographics. , 96.9% of the residents of Kokyar Township were Uyghur. Some Mountain Tajiks (China) live in Kokyar Township. Economy. There are orchards containing apricot, mulberry and other fruit trees and fields of wheat and oats and stands of willow and poplar trees. The people produce excellent felts which are famous throughout Turkestan which obviously contribute significantly to the  economy. The people speak 'Taghlik' or "hill Turki" (Uyghur). There are many long-lived trees in the area. As of 2015, persons engaged in agriculture made up 93.1% of the population of the township and there was 16,800 "mu" of arable land. Kokyar (Kekeya) Oil and Gas Field was discovered in the 1970s. Historical maps. Historical English-language maps including Kokyar: