NW China
Xinjiang
Hotan Prefecture

Hotan County

Hotan County is a county in the southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the . Almost all the residents of the county are Uyghurs and live around oases situated between the desolate Taklamakan Desert and .
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  • Type: City with 343,000 residents
  • Description: county of Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
  • Also known as: “Hetian”, “Hetian Xian”, “Ho-t’ien Hsien”, and “和田”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xan’ëriq.

Town
Hanerik, formerly Hanerik Township, is a town in Hotan County, , , China.

Hotan County

Latitude
37.2488° or 37° 14′ 56″ north
Longitude
79.8459° or 79° 50′ 45″ east
Population
343,000
Elevation
5,754 metres (18,878 feet)
Open location code
8J9X6RXW+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11346470622
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1281016
Wiki­data ID
Q922669
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Hotan County” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة هوتان”
  • Bengali: “হোতান কাউন্টি”
  • Cebuano: “Hotan Xian”
  • Chinese: “Hotan-koān”
  • Chinese: “和田县”
  • Chinese: “和闐縣”
  • Danish: “Hotan County”
  • Dutch: “Hotan”
  • Finnish: “Hotan County”
  • French: “xian de Hotan”
  • French: “Xian de Hotan”
  • Gan Chinese: “和田县”
  • German: “Hotan”
  • Greek: “Χοτάν”
  • Gujarati: “હોતન કાઉન્ટી”
  • Hindi: “होटन काउंटी”
  • Indonesian: “Hotan County”
  • Indonesian: “Kabupaten Hotan”
  • Italian: “Contea di Hotan”
  • Japanese: “ホータン県”
  • Kannada: “ಹಾಟನ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ”
  • Korean: “허톈현”
  • Korean: “호탄현”
  • Latvian: “Hotanas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Hotan sritis”
  • Malay: “Daerah Hotan”
  • Marathi: “होटन काउंटी”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hotan-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hotan Fylke”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ختن”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هوتان”
  • Polish: “Powiat Hotan”
  • Portuguese: “Hotan”
  • Russian: “Уезд Хотан”
  • Russian: “Хотан”
  • Sinhala: “හොටාන් පළාත”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Hotan”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Jotán”
  • Swedish: “Hotan, Hotan”
  • Swedish: “Hotan”
  • Tamil: “ஹோட்டன் கவுண்டி”
  • Telugu: “హోటన్ కంట్రీ”
  • Thai: “โฮ ตาน”
  • Turkish: “Hotan İlçesi”
  • Uighur: “Hotan Xian”
  • Uighur: “Hotan”
  • Uighur: “Xoten Nahiyesi”
  • Uighur: “Xoten”
  • Uighur: “خوتەن ناھىيەسى”
  • Uighur: “خوتەن ناھىيىسى”
  • Uighur: “خوتەن”
  • Ukrainian: “Хотан”
  • Urdu: “ختن کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Hòa Điền huyện”
  • Vietnamese: “Hòa Điền”
  • Vietnamese: “Hotan”
  • Wu Chinese: “和田县”
  • Yue Chinese: “和闐縣”

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