Shufu County

• Name — Shufu County • Other Name — Konasheher, Konaxahar • Settlement Type — County • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — China • Subdivision Type1 — Autonomous region • Subdivision Name1 — Xinjiang • Subdivision Type2 — Prefecture • Subdivision Name2 — Kashgar • Parts Type — Township-level divisions • Parts — 4 towns; 6 townships; other areas • Seat Type — County seat • Seat — Tokkuzak • Area Total Km2 — 2,709.47 • Population Total — 263,014 • Population As Of — 2020 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Density Urban Km2 — auto • Demographics Type2 — Ethnic groups • Demographics2 Title1 — Major ethnic groups • Demographics2 Info1 — Uyghur • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 844100 • Timezone — China Standard • Utc Offset — +8 • Website — http: www.xjsf.gov.cn/

• Ibox Order — ug, zh • Uig — قەشقەر كونا شەھەر ناھىيىسى • Uly — Qeshqer Konasheher Nahiyisi • Usy — Қәшқәр Конашәһәр Наһийиси • Uyy — Ⱪəxⱪər Konaxəⱨər Naⱨiyisi • Sgs — Kaxkar Konaxahar Nahiyisi • Lu — Kashgar Old Town County • S2 — 阔纳协海尔县 • T2 — 闊納協海爾縣 • P2 — Kuònàxiéhǎi'ěr Xiàn • S3 — 喀什噶尔阔纳协海尔县 • T3 — 喀什噶爾闊納協海爾縣 • P3 — Kāshígá'ěr Kuònàxiéhǎi'ěr Xiàn • Order — st • Lang1 — kk • Lang1 Content — قاشقار كونەءشار اۋدانى Қашқар Көнешәр ауданы Qaşqar Köneşär audany • Lang2 — ky • Lang2 Content — قاشقار كۅۅنۅ شاار وودانى Кашкар көөнө шаар ооданы Qaşqar köönö şaar oodany Shufu County, also known as Konasheher County (Uyghur Latin) or Konaxahar County (Uyghur SASM/GNC), is a county in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It contains an area of 3513 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 360,000.

The names of "Shufu County" and nearby "Shule County", transliterations of local language names from the Han dynasty corresponds to its Uyghur names, "Kona Xahar" (meaning 'old city') and "Yengi Xahar" (New City) respectively. The names for the two counties in both languages may share their origins in languages of the Saka people, residents of Kashgar area before its linguistic Turkification in as late as the 11th century.

During the initial years of the Western Han Dynasty, pertaining to the Western Shule region of the nation. In 1762, the Qing government in Kazuo relocated to Kashgar Gaer City (present-day Kashgar City), situated two miles northwest of the newly established "Leining City". In 1826, Leining City was destroyed. In 1828, a new city was constructed, relocating the Shule government, military, and warehouses to this new city. A governor was appointed to oversee it, designating it as Shule County, commonly referred to as the new city or Han City. The original Shule County was renamed Shufu County, which is the adjacent city of Shule, typically called the old city or Back City. In the fall of 1955, the county people's government relocated to the town of Tokezak, marking the establishment of the new county town. In 2013, Awat Township (Awati; ئاۋات يېزىسى / 阿瓦提乡) and Yëngi'östeng Township (Yingwusitan; يېڭىئۆستەڭ يېزىسى / 英吾斯坦乡) were transferred to Kashgar city. 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. In the aftermath 14 of the 16 attackers were killed by police special units. On April 28, 2014, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping visited Tokkuzak (Tuokezhake) during his inspection tour of Xinjiang. In 2014, the authorities of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region dissolved Upar Township and subsequently reestablished it. On October 21, the government of the autonomous region consented to move Aqqash Township (Akekashi) of Shushi County to the jurisdiction of Kashgar City. In July 2024, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region sanctioned the transfer of Lankan Township in Shushi County to the jurisdiction of Kashgar City. The government of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region has sanctioned the reallocation of Langan Township in Shushi County to the jurisdiction of Kashgar City.

Shufu County included 4 towns, 6 townships. • Name — Simplified Chinese — Hanyu Pinyin — Uyghur (UEY) — Uyghur Latin (ULY) — Administrative division code • Towns • Tokkuzak Town (Tuokezhake, Toqquzaq) — 托克扎克镇 — توققۇزاق بازىرى — toqquzaq baziri — 653121100 • Lengger Town — 兰干镇 — لەڭگەر بازىرى — lengger baziri — 653121101 • Oghusaq Town — 吾库萨克镇 — ئوغۇساق بازىرى — Oghusaq baziri — 653121102 • Opal Town — 乌帕尔镇 — ئوپال بازىرى — Opal baziri — 653121103 • Townships • Tashmiliq Township — 塔什米里克乡 — تاشمىلىق يېزىسى — tashmiliq yëzisi — 653121201 • Tërim Township — 铁日木乡 — تېرىم يېزىسى — tërim yëzisi — 653121202 • Bulaqsu Township — 布拉克苏乡 — بۇلاقسۇ يېزىسى — bulaqsu yëzisi — 653121203 • Saybag Township — 萨依巴格乡 — سايباغ يېزىسى — saybagh yëzisi — 653121204 • Zemin Township — 站敏乡 — زەمىن يېزىسى — zemin yëzisi — 653121205 • Mush Township — 木什乡 — مۇش يېزىسى — mush yëzisi — 653121211

As of 2015, 271,556 of the 277,877 residents of the county were Uyghur, 5,406 were Han Chinese and 915 were from other ethnic groups. As of 1999, 94.69% of the population of Konaxahar (Shufu) County was Uyghur and 5.02% of the population was Han Chinese.

The county is an important area for wheat, corn, sorghum, cotton, and rice production in southern Xinjiang, as well as producing apricots, grapes, pomegranates, muskmelon, pistachio and other fruits. Industries include cotton spinning, food, cotton ginning and others.

• China National Highway 314

• Abdur Rahman Kashgari • Ismail Tiliwaldi

• Illustration — Map including Shufu (Shu-fu) (DMA, 1983)