Hotan Prefecture, Khotan

Name: Hotan Prefecture
Address: Khotan, China

#3 among attractions in Khotan

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Hotan Prefecture is located in the Dzungaria region in the southwestern part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south and Union Territory of Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan to the west. The vast majority of the Aksai Chin region which is disputed between China and India is administered as part of Hotan Prefecture. The seat of Hotan Prefecture is Hotan and its largest county by population is Karakax County. The vast majority of the residents of the prefecture are Muslim Uyghurs and live around oases situated between the desolate Taklamakan Desert and Kunlun Mountains. ()

Local name: 和田地区 Area: 96118.14 mi²Coordinates: 37°6'33"N, 79°55'29"E

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Hotan Prefecture – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tuanjie Square, Domoko, Dandan Oilik, Jiya Township.

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Tuanjie Square, Khotan
4 min walk • Tuanjie Square or Unity Square is the main square in the center of Hotan, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is so called to promote unity among the various ethnic minorities in the region, where the Uyghur people are in the majority.
0.7 miSE
Archaeological site
Domoko, Khotan
18 min walk • Domoko is a ruined village site located in the eastern region of the Khotan oasis in China, about 20 kilometers north the Domoko administrative center, on the southern arm of the Silk Road. The site is located in the Xinjiang autonomous region.
5.1 miE
Archaeological site
Dandan Oilik
130 min walk • Dandan Oilik, also Dandān-Uiliq, lit. "the houses with ivory", is an abandoned historic oasis town and Buddhist site in the Taklamakan Desert of China, located to the northeast of Khotan in what is now the autonomous region of Xinjiang, between the Khotan and Keriya rivers.
5.4 miNE
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Jiya Township, Khotan
137 min walk • Jiya is a township in the northeastern part of Hotan City in Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China in an oasis area on the eastern bank of the White Jade River in the southwestern part of the Taklamakan Desert.