Hotan Prefecture

Hotan Prefecture
Hotan Prefecture; 和田地区; خوتەن ۋىلايىتى
	Prefecture
	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

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:

#	Name	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Uyghur (UEY)	Uyghur Latin (ULY)	Population (2010 Census)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)

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

↑ 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 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

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Hotan Prefecture 和田地区 خوتەن ۋىلايىتى
Prefecture
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