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Kashgar is an oasis city located west of the Taklamakan desert, at the feet of the Tian Shan mountain range in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China (39°24’26” N. lat., 76°6’47” E. long.). It is 1.2km (4043 ft.) above sea-level. Situated at the junction of routes from the valley of the Oxus, from Khokand and Samarkand, Almati, Aksu, and Khotan, the last two leading from China and India, Kashgar has been noted from very early times as a political and commercial centre.
Previously the city consisted of two towns, Kuhna Shahr or "old city", and Yangi Shahr or "new city", about five miles apart, separated from one another by the Kyzyl Su, a tributary of the Tarim river. The division is now less distinct.