Maralbexi

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proper noun

A county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Maralbashi · alternative Maralbeshi

  1. A county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

    On the other hand, after the 2012 farm market incident in Kargilik, in October 2014, another random attack happened in a farm market in Maralbexi County, Xinjiang, causing 22 deaths.

    2017, Scott Nicholas Romaniuk, Francis Grice, Daniela Irrera, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Global Counterterrorism Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 672
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    The highest GFAO per agricultural capita, namely 3,391.3 RMB, was found for Bachu (Maralbexi), which is also the largest cotton producer of Kashgar (though just slightly larger than Shache).

    2009, Max Spoor, Shi Xiaoping, “Cotton and Rural Income Development in Xinjiang”, in Max Spoor, editor, The Political Economy of Rural Livelihoods in Transition Economies: Land, peasants and rural poverty in transition, Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 238

    Three “community workers” were patrolling a neighbourhood of Bachu County, known as Maralbexi by Uighurs, in Kashgar after a tip-off that there were “suspicious people” in a private house, Hou said.

    2013 April 24, “"Terrorist" axe, knife and arson attack kills 21 in China's Xinjiang”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2020

    In April 2013 in Bachu County (or Maralbexi County), 15 officials were reportedly killed. State media reported that the authorities killed 6 alleged attackers, captured 8, and apprehended 11 more later.

    2015 November 23, “China: Allow Independent Investigations Into Xinjiang Violence”, in Human Rights Watch, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2020

    Synonyms: Bachu, Pa-ch'u

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Also see

Origin

  1. Uyghurمارالبېشى
  2. EnglishMaralbexi

From Uyghur مارالبېشى (maralbëshi).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 巴楚
  • 巴楚 (Bāchǔ)county
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