Xaidulla
Pishan, Xinjiang, China
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About Xaidulla
Xaidulla, also spelled Shahidullah and Shahidula, also Saitula from Mandarin Chinese, is a town in Pishan County in the southwestern part of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It is strategically located on the upper Karakash River, just to the north of the Karakoram Pass on the old caravan route between the Tarim Basin and Ladakh. It lies next to the Chinese National Highway G219 between Kashgar and Tibet, 25 km east of Mazar and 115 km west of Dahongliutan. The modern town is located next to the People's Liberation Army barracks named Sanshili Yingfang or Sanshili Barracks (lit. '30 li barracks'). It is so named because the barracks is 30 "Chinese miles" upstream from the site of the historical border outpost. This name is a more common name used by motorists along the G219 highway.
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