Xayar

alternative Shayar · alternative Shahyar

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

   The copper seal of the Qiang elders was unearthed at Sheket in Xayar County in 1958.

   Xinjiang: the Land and the People

   1989, 郑平 [Zheng Ping], 洛安吉 [Luo Anji], transl., 新疆风物志 [Xinjiang: the Land and the People], Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 150

   5 more examples

   Akkum slope zone: Luntai fracture is this zone's northern boundary. It extends south to near Tarim He and the western boundary is near Xayar County.

   1990 May 21, Kang Yuzhu, “Results of Hydrocarbon Exploration in Tarim Basin”, in JPRS Report Science and Technology China: Energy, page 26

   Figure 2 illustrates a series of temperatures at Xayar, southern Xinjiang that was reconstructed using a correlation between temperature and a tree ring index. Compared with the average temperature in the last 170 years, the temperature was lower from early this century to the 1920s. It has increased since the late 1920s.

   1994, Zhang Guoan, Yang Qing, Jiao Jian, Su Minggang, “Climatic Change and Its Environmental Effects During This Century in Xinjiang, China”, in Richard G. Zepp, editor, Climate-Biosphere Interactions: Biogenic Emissions and Environmental Effects of Climate Change, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 281

   Internet cafes in Aksu prefecture's Shayar county are frequented by young men from the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group. But the cafes are staffed by Chinese workers who mistreat their clientele, Uyghurs there said.

   [2009 February 6, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Ethnic Tensions in Xinjiang’s Internet Cafes”, in Shohret Hoshur, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2009

   Xayar County is located in the Ugen River Basin which is one of the branches of the Tarim River.

   2014, C.A. Brebbia, H. Bjornlund, editors, Sustainable Irrigation and Drainage V: Management, Technologies and Policies, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 4

   Xinjiang Xayar Prison is located in Xayar County, Aksu District, Southern Xinjiang, which is about 1,130 kilometers away from Urumqi.

   2019, Han Lianchao, Cotton: The Fabric Full of Lies, Citizen Power Initiatives for China, page 42

   Synonyms: Shaya