Hotan Prefecture
Hotan Prefecture
和田地区 خوتەن ۋىلايىتى | |
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 Hotan City | |
 Hotan prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange) | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XJ-32 |
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| Simplified Chinese | 和田地区 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 和田地區 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur | خوتەن ۋىلايىتى | ||||||||||
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Hotan Prefecture[1] is located in the south-western part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south. It is sometimes (unofficially) spelled as Khotan.
Administrative divisions
The Hotan Prefecture is divided into one county-level city and seven counties:
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| # | Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Population (2010 Census) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) | |
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| 1 | Hotan[2] | 和田市 | Hétián Shì | خوتەن شەھىرى | Hoten Shehiri | 322,300 | 466 | 691.63 | |
| 2 | Hotan County[2] | 和田县 | Hétián Xiàn | خوتەن ناھىيىسى | Hoten Nahiyisi | 269,941 | 41,403 | 6.51 | |
| 3 | Moyu County[2] | 墨玉县 | Mòyù Xiàn | قاراقاش ناھىيىسى | Qaraqash Nahiyisi | 500,114 | 25,789 | 19.39 | |
| 4 | Pishan County[2] | 皮山县 | Píshān Xiàn | گۇما ناھىيىسى | Guma Nahiyisi | 258,210 | 39,742 | 6.49 | |
| 5 | Lop County | 洛浦县 | Luòpǔ Xiàn | لوپ ناھىيىسى | Lop Nahiyisi | 232,916 | 14,314 | 16.27 | |
| 6 | Qira County | 策勒县 | Cèlè Xiàn | چىرا ناھىيىسى | Chira Nahiyisi | 147,050 | 31,688 | 4.64 | |
| 7 | Yutian County[2] | 于田县 | Yútián Xiàn | كېرىيە ناھىيىسى | Kériye Nahiyisi | 249,899 | 39,095 | 6.39 | |
| 8 | Minfeng County[2] | 民丰县 | Mínfēng Xiàn | نىيە ناھىيىسى | Niye Nahiyisi | 33,932 | 56,760 | 0.59 | |
Footnotes
- ^ The official spelling is "Hotan" according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, SinoMaps Press 中国地图出版社 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 304.
- ^ a b c d e f The official spelling according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, SinoMaps Press 中国地图出版社 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4
External links
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