Hotan (Khotan) also called Hetian in Chinese. The ancient name of Hotan was Yutian. It is located at the very southern end of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Northern part of Hotan prefecture goes deep into the Taklimakan desert (Second largest shifting desert in the world). South and south west of Hotan prefecture is surrounded by Karakurum and Kunlun mountain range. It borders with Tibet autonomous region, Gansu province, and Qinghai province to the south India and Kashmir to the southwest. NNbSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour
Hotan is a prefecture, Hotan prefecture is consist of one city and seven counties. The whole Hotan prefecture covered an area is 247,800sqkm. Population of Hotan prefecture is 2.1million people. Around 96percent of it is population is consist of Uyghur people. Total 12nationalities living in Hotan prefecture.NNbSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour
The Hotan city is an administration center of Hotan prefecture. Hotan cities covered an area is189sqkm; population of the city is 200thousand people living in Hotan city. The average height of Hotan city is 1,372 meters above the sea level. The city of Hotan prefecture is 1987KM from Urumqi, the Capital city of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region.NNbSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour
Hotan prefecture is located in the warm temperature zone, dominated by a dry continental desert climate; hot in summer and not too cold in winter; great temperature disparity between day and night with little rainfall and a high evaporation rate; frost-free of 182 and 226 days a year; an average sunshine time of 2470.4 to 2875.9 hours annually. The average temperature of the year is 11-12.1 C. The average rainfall for the year is 28.9 to 47.1mm. Hotan famous for it’s carpet, jade, silk Atlas and traditional Uyghur doctoring.
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