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Yopurgha

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Yopurgha

  1. Alternative form of Yopurga
    • 2010, Donald C. Wood, editor, Economic Action in Theory and Practice: Anthropological Investigations[1], volume 30, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 175:
      One prominent case is Yopurgha, a county approximately 60km west of Kashgar city. Traditionally, Yopurgha has been a region where female donkeys are kept for stud purposes, and is also known for the successful breeding of the famous Jiangyuelü, Jiangyue donkeys.
    • 2019, “Uyghur Trader Who Went Missing in Xinjiang Ahead of Travel to Turkey Died in Detention”, in Radio Free Asia[2]:
      Ibrahim Kurban, from Terim township in Kashgar (in Chinese, Kashi) prefecture’s Yopurgha (Yuepuhu) county, disappeared in May 2016 while awaiting a flight from the XUAR capital Urumqi that would eventually bring him to Turkey, a friend told RFA’s Uyghur Service on condition of anonymity.

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