Jiya Township
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 22,100 residents
- Description: township in Xinjiang, China
- Also known as: “Jiya”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khotan.
Khotan
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Khotan, is a town on the southern Branch of the Silk Road in Xinjiang Province in China. Khotan was once center of a Buddhist empire. The old capital, Yoktan, is about 10 km west of the current city.
Jiya Township
- Categories: township of China and locality
- Location: Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.16214° or 37° 9′ 44″ northLongitude
79.99605° or 79° 59′ 46″ eastPopulation
22,100Elevation
1,330 metres (4,364 feet)Open location code
8J9X5X6W+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4546910283OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1346632Wikidata ID
Q10917009
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Jiya Township” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “吉亚乡”
- Gan Chinese: “吉亚乡”
- Persian: “شهرک جیا”
- Persian: “قصبه جیا”
- Uighur: “Җия”
- Uighur: “جىيا يېزىسى”
- Uighur: “جىيا”
- Wu Chinese: “吉亚乡”
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