The names of "Shufu County" and nearby "Shule County", transliterations of local language names from Han Dynasty corresponds to its Uyghur names, "Kona Xahar" and "Yengi Xahar" respectively. The names for the two counties in both languages may share their origins in languages of the Saka people, residents of Kashgar area before its linguistic Turkification in as late as the 11th century.
History
The county was established in 1882. In 2013, Awat Township and Yëngi’östeng Township were transferred to Kashgar city. On December 15, 2013, 16 people were killed in an attack on a police-station. A group, armed with knives and bombs, attacked the police-station and killed two police officers. In the aftermath 14 of the 16 attackers were killed by police special units. On April 28, 2014, Chinese Communist Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping visited Tokkuzak during his inspection tour of Xinjiang. On October 21, 2014, Aqqash Township was transferred from Konaxahar County to Kashgar city. In 2017, Erkin Ayup, brother of Abduweli Ayup, who had recently been promoted as head of oversight for the Organization Department of the Committee of the Communist Party of China in his hometown of Tokkuzak, went missing. In an interview conducted by Radio Free Asia, a staffer at his former office said he had been sent to the re-education camp near Kashgar Airport. On January 12, 2019, an 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck the county. There were no reports of casualties or damage.
County Livestock Farm 县种畜场, County Gardening Farm 县园艺场, County Forest 县林场, County Seed Farm 县良种场, Shufu Guangzhou Industrial City 疏附广州工业城
Economy
The county is an important area for wheat, corn, sorghum, cotton, and rice production in southern Xinjiang, as well as producing apricots, grapes, pomegranates, muskmelon, pistachio and other fruits. Industries include cotton spinning, food, cotton ginning and others.
Demographics
As of 2015, 271,556 of the 277,877 residents of the county were Uyghur, 5,406 were Han Chinese and 915 were from other ethnic groups. As of 1999, 94.69% of the population of Konaxahar County was Uyghur and 5.02% of the population was Han Chinese.
