Hotan County
| Hotan County 和田县 • خوتەن ناھىيىسى | |
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 Dahongliutan valley | |
.png) Location of Hotan County (red) in Hotan Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Hotan Prefecture |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41,128 km2 (15,880 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | 270,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 和田县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 和田縣 | ||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 和阗县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 和闐縣 | ||||||||||
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| Second alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 于窴县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 於窴縣 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur |
خوتەن ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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Hotan County[1] is a county in the southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Hotan Prefecture. The southernmost county-level division of Xinjiang, it contains an area of 41,128 km2 (15,880 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 270,000. India claims a portion of Hotan County as Aksai Chin, but it is administered by China.
Footnotes
- ↑ The official spelling is "Hotan" according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù. 中国地名录. Beijing: SinoMaps Press. 1997. p. 304. ISBN 7-5031-1718-4.
Coordinates: 37°05′26″N 79°49′44″E / 37.09056°N 79.82889°E
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