Shache

American  

[shah-chœ] / ˈʃɑˈtʃœ /

(Wade-Giles) Soche

noun

Pinyin.

1. a city in western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China, in a large oasis of the Tarim Basin.

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Shache British  

/ ˈʃæˈtʃeɪ /

noun

1. Also called: Yarkand.  a town in W China, in the W Xinjiang: a centre of the caravan trade between China, India, and Transcaspian areas

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Etymology

Origin of Shache

From Chinese Shāchē, from Uyghur Yarkand “Cliff City”

Example Sentences

In July, for example, Hoshur reported that Chinese police had fatally shot scores of knife- and ax-wielding Uighurs who went on a rampage in Shache county in Xinjiang, apparently angry about restrictions on the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and an earlier “cold-blooded killing” of a family of five.

From Washington Post

The assailants drove to the site of the attack in Shache County on Friday afternoon, then lobbed explosives into the street and slashed people, said Xinhua, the official news agency, citing Xinjiang government officials.

From New York Times

Shache County, also called Yarkand by Uighurs, is in southwest Xinjiang, a part of the region where Uighurs outnumber Han residents and other ethnic groups, and where there is deep Uighur resentment of government policies and Han migrants.

From New York Times

According to government statistics, 96 percent of Shache County’s 800,000 residents are Uighur, 3 percent are Han and 1 percent belong to other ethnicities.

From New York Times

Last month, a Chinese court sentenced 12 people to death after finding them guilty of “terrorist attacks” in Shache in July that killed 37 people.

From New York Times