• nectar. Niya (mythology), a Polish deity of the underworld Niya County or Minfeng County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China Niya Town, the seat of Niya/Minfeng...
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    proper of Hotan broke off from the larger Hotan County to become an administrative area in its own right in August 1984. It is the seat of Hotan Prefecture...
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    Hotan County (also known as Gosthana, Gaustana, Godana, Godaniya, Khotan, Hetian, Hotien) is a county in the southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous...
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    Niya (Uyghur: نىيە‎ Нийә; Chinese: 尼雅; pinyin: Níyǎ), is a town in Minfeng County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. It is the...
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    railway station serving Hotan–Ruoqiang railway New Mosque - Minfeng. Niya men (1912) Map including Minfeng (labeled as MIN-FENG (NIYA BAZAR)) and surrounding...
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    The Hotan–Ruoqiang (Qakilik) railway or Heruo Railway (Chinese: 和若铁路) is a 825.5 km long railway line connecting the cities of Hotan and Ruoqiang in southern...
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    Hotan Prefecture (see also § Etymology) is located in the Tarim Basin region of southwestern Xinjiang, China, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region to...
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    The Niya ruins (simplified Chinese: 尼雅遗址; traditional Chinese: 尼雅遺址; pinyin: Níyǎ Yízhǐ), is an archaeological site located about 115 km (71 mi) north...
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    Karashar Turpan Hami Anxi Yangihissar Yarkand Karghalik Karakash Hotan Keriya Niya Charkilik Qiemo Loulan Dunhuang Jade Gate Ürümqi Kulja Dzungarian Gate...
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    The 2011 Hotan attack was a bomb-and-knife attack that occurred in Hotan, Xinjiang, China on 18 July 2011. According to witnesses, the assailants were...
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    in the book called Tevarih-i Muskiyun, which was written in 1867 in the Hotan Prefecture of Xinjiang. In folk etymology, it is said to mean "Place of...
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    flight between Hotan and Ürümqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region. On 29 June 2012, an Embraer E190 operating the flight, took off from Hotan at 12:25 pm;...
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    Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Hotan Prefecture. It contains an area of 39,412 km2 (15,217 sq mi). According...
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    spoken today, Torwali shows the closest linguistic affinity possible to Niya, a dialect of Gāndhārī. In general terms, Gāndhārī is a Middle Prakrit, a...
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    Yutian County, Xinjiang (category Hotan Prefecture)
    is a county in Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is based at the Keriya Town, and is separate from Hotan County, which is...
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  • Keriya Town (category Hotan Prefecture)
    centre of Keriya County, it is about 166 km east of Hotan, 80 km east of Qira, and 120 km west of Niya. Yutian County has a population of about 160,000....
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    Lop County (category Hotan Prefecture)
    Uyghur: لوپ ناھىيىسى), also Luopu (from Mandarin Chinese), is a county in Hotan Prefecture, in the southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China...
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    Kashgar–Hotan railway in Kashgar. It also forms the Taklimakan Desert railway loop, together with sections of the Hotan–Ruoqiang railway, Kashgar–Hotan railway...
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    original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2016. "Construction of Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway Underway in China's Xinjiang". 2020-12-02. "Mumbai Trans...
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  • Yeyik (category Hotan Prefecture)
    (Uyghur: يېيىق يېزىسى; Chinese: 叶亦克乡) is a township in central Niya County (Minfeng), Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China on the upper reaches of the Yeyik...
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    this time, they had shifted to an agricultural lifestyle. The area around Hotan was regarded as especially fertile and yielded a large variety of fruits...
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  • and Karakax, and a sub-branch including the dialects of Cheriya, Keriya, Niya and Qiemo. A classification where all these modifications are present can...
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    China). The ancient capital was originally sited to the west of modern-day Hotan at Yotkan. From the Han dynasty until at least the Tang dynasty it was known...
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    和田地区地方志编纂委员会 [Annals Codification Committee of Hotan Prefecture], ed. (2011). 和田地区志 上册 [Annals of Hotan Prefecture, Volume 1] (in Chinese). Ürümqi: Xinjiang...
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    Sanji Sanji Fukang 阜康 Fùkāng فۇكاڭ Fukang Fukang Fukang Hotan 和田 Hétián خوتەن Hotən Hoten Hotän Kashgar 喀什 Kāshí قەشقەر K̡əxk̡ər Qeshqer K̂äxk̂är Korla...
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    regional differences in Ili, Kashgar, Hotan and Aksu Prefecture. The southern area includes the simple songs of Hotan, the dance-oriented music of the Kuqa...
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    County Beijing Industry Park (洛浦县北京工业园区) Town: Niya Town (Niye; نىيە بازىرى / 尼雅镇) Townships: Niye (Niya; نىيە يېزىسى / 尼雅乡), Rokiya (Ruokeya, Rukiya;...
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    June 2009 Shaoguan Incident and the resulting July 2009 Ürümqi riots, 2011 Hotan attack, April 2014 Ürümqi attack, May 2014 Ürümqi attack, 2014 Kunming attack...
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    ruins Gaochang Grand Bazaar, Ürümqi Id Kah Mosque Karakul Lake Kizil Caves Niya ruins Xinjiang conflict 1989 Ürümqi unrest Barin uprising 1992 Ürümqi bombings...
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  • Konaxahar / Shufu County Taxkorgan Tajik County Hotan / Hetian Hotan city Hotan County Lop / Luopu County Niya / Minfeng County Gumar / Pishan County Qira...
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