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Kashgar
city in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
🇨🇳 China · 39.4500, 75.9833
Kashgar is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 2 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“Though most of the film is set in Afghanistan, these parts were mostly shot in Kashgar in Xinjiang, China, due to the dangers of filming in Afghanistan at the time.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Kashgar as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- The Kite Runner 2007
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
2009
“One sequence was shot in a market in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.” Wikipedia
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Kashgar?
2 productions are recorded as filmed in Kashgar, including The Kite Runner (2007) and My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (2009). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Kashgar?
The Kite Runner (2007), covered by 37 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Kashgar?
Kashgar is in China, at 39.4500, 75.9833.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by w0zny, CC BY-SA 3.0.