Kokyar[5][6] (Kɵkyar, Көкяр, كۆكيار, Kök-yar,[7] Kök-yār, 库克牙,[8] Pinyin: Kùkèyá; 柯克亚乡, Kēkèyà Xiāng) is a township headquartered at a small oasis at the base of the Kunlun Mountains in southern Kargilik County, Kashgar Prefecture, southwestern Xinjiang, China.

[3] On July 6, 2016, a massive landslide killed thirty-five residents from village 6 in Kokyar Township, around 170 kilometres (110 mi) from the county seat.

[18] Kokyar is a small oasis, only about 50 km (31 mi) south of Karghalik,[3][19] with cultivation limited to: Kokyar was the first oasis reached in the Taklamakan basin after travelling the winter route north from the Karakoram Pass via Bazar Dara or from northern Hunza Valley to Yarkand along the frozen Yarkand River.

The people produce excellent felts which are famous throughout Turkestan which obviously contribute significantly to the economy.

[26] As of 2015, persons engaged in agriculture made up 93.1% of the population of the township and there was 16,800 mu of arable land.