Qira County

Qira County
策勒县چىرا ناھىيىسى
County

Location of the county in Hotan Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Qira
Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 37°00′N 80°48′E / 37.000°N 80.800°E / 37.000; 80.800Coordinates: 37°00′N 80°48′E / 37.000°N 80.800°E / 37.000; 80.800
Country People's Republic of China
Autonomous region Xinjiang
Prefecture Hotan Prefecture
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Qira County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 策勒县
Traditional Chinese 策勒縣
Uyghur name
Uyghur
چىرا ناھىيىسى

Qira County is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Hotan Prefecture.[1] It contains an area of 31,590 km2 (12,200 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 130,000.

Footnotes

  1. The official spelling is "Qira" according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, SinoMaps Press 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 308.


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