Arelecun

Arelecun is a locality in Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang and has an elevation of 1,364 metres. Arelecun is situated nearby to the locality Akeqi Bulake, as well as near Xiao’er Lukecun.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Unity Plaza and Hotan Museum.

Unity Plaza

Park

Photo: Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tuanjie Square or Unity Square is the main public square of Hotan, a major town in southwestern Xinjiang near the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region. Unity Plaza is situated 2½ km southwest of Arelecun.

Hotan Museum

Museum

Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0.

Hotan Cultural Museum or Hetian Cultural Museum is a museum in Hotan, Xinjiang, China. Founded in 1995, it has a range of silk fragments, wooden utensils and jewelry, and mummified corpses of a 10-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man with Eurasian faces, believed to be over 1,500 years old. Hotan Museum is situated 3½ km west of Arelecun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khotan and Jiya Township.

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

Town

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. Jiya Township is situated 6 km northeast of Arelecun.

Arelecun

Type: Locality
Location: Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

37.11979° or 37° 7′ 11″ north

Longitude

79.94665° or 79° 56′ 48″ east

Elevation

1,364 metres (4,475 feet)

Open location code

8J9X4W9W+WM

GeoNames ID

11916323

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Arelecun” goes by many names.

Chinese: “阿热勒村”

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