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Upal

Town in western Xinjiang, China

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Town in western Xinjiang, China

Field	Value
name	Upal
native_name_lang
image_skyline	File:Monday Bazaar in Upal, Xinjiang, China 1.jpg
image_caption	Monday bazaar at Upal
coordinates
pushpin_map	China Xinjiang Southern
pushpin_label	Upal
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	People's Republic of China
subdivision_type1	Autonomous region
subdivision_name1	Xinjiang
subdivision_type2	Prefecture
subdivision_name2	Kashgar
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	Shufu
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Upal (; ) is a town in Shufu County in Western Xinjiang, China.

Karakoram Highway

Upal is on the Karakoram Highway, which follows the old Silk Road route from China to Pakistan. Travelling from China, it is about 50 km southwest of Kashgar or about 180 km north of Tashkurgan (which is about 120 km over the Khunjerab Pass from Sust in Pakistan).

Mahmud al-Kashgari

Mahmud al-Kashgari died in 1102 at the age of 97 in Upal. There is now a mausoleum erected on his gravesite. He is remembered as a prominent Turkic language scholar.

Monday Bazaar

A bazaar () is held every Monday. Being that this village is along the Karakoram Highway, it is frequently visited not only by local people but also by the tourists on their way back from Karakul Lake, a popular sightseeing site in Kashgar.

This simplistic, but colorful bazaar is held along the national highway, especially under the large tents in the back of the houses on the western side (the left side as you go back to Kashgar) of the highway. The animals market is located in the southernmost part of the market.

References

[http://www.ab-road.net/asia/china/kashgar/tour/search/AC730226/ A Traditional Bazaar and Karakul Lake in Heaven] (in Japanese)
"KARAKORAM HWY - Kashgar to Karakul Lake" in the guidebook ''[[Lonely Planet]] - China'' (2005).

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