was predominantly Uyghur/Turki; some of its most populated cities were Hotan, Yarkent, Kashgar, Yangihissar, Aksu, Uchturpan, Kucha, Karashar, Turpan...

of administrative divisions that were historically in use in China: the xian, the zhou, and the fu. Prefectures are administrative subdivisions of provincial-level...

Uyghur: لوپ ناھىيىسى), also Luopu (from Mandarin Chinese), is a county in Hotan Prefecture, in the southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China...

should be included to distinguish its pronunciation from the single syllable xian.) The name was adopted in 1369 under the early Ming dynasty. Jesuit missionaries...

commanded by Duman quickly defeated the Tang vassal Yutian (于田, in modern Hotan, Xinjiang). In winter 659, Emperor Gaozong sent Su Dingfang against Duman...

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...

(Yarkand), Yecheng (Kargilik) and Hotan. Travel time to Urumqi from Kashgar is approximately 25 hours, while travel time to Hotan is approximately ten hours...

flights to China". Airline Ground Services. Retrieved 24 November 2023. "Xian Airport opens new terminal building with strong focus on retail growth"....

of a family named Guan. From this derives the name borne by the county (xian) since the late 6th century BC—Guancheng (City of the Guan). The city first...

Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 April 2018. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese)...

chief. The party chief heads the municipal party standing committee, the de facto top governing council of the municipality. The standing committee is...

Puning city in Jieyang plus all of Chaozhou city largely conurbated. This is de facto the 5th built-up area in mainland China between Hangzhou-Shaoxing (13...

Han dynasty), when in 76 BCE the Chinese conquered the Xiongnu, Yutian (Hotan), Sulei (Kashgar), and a group of states in the Tarim Basin almost up to...

"metro") area made up of Weidu and Jian'an districts (named from Emperor Xian of Han’s era name) and Changge City largely being urbanized. In 2007, the...

Guisui town was the center of Guisui County (歸綏縣; 归绥县; PRC: Guīsuí Xiàn, ROC: Guīsuī Xiàn) and the capital of Suiyuan Province in northern China. A bubonic...

planted upon the city wall during the 10th century. According to Étienne de la Vaissière, "Baghshūr" (lit. 'pond of salt water') may be the Sogdian name...

learning Chinese painting. The "Eight Masters of Nanjing" headed by Gong Xian were active in Nanjing in the early Qing dynasty and created the Jinling...

Li Rui wen ji. Xianggang: Xianggang she hui ke xue jiao yu chu ban you xian gong si. ISBN 978-9889958114. OCLC 688480117. Robinson, Thomas W. (1971)...

Retrieved 9 January 2011. 二线关景观改造方案出炉 涉及8个主要的二线关口 [The plans for the ErXianGuan landscape reconstruction have been announced, involving 8 major former...

Shì 83,414 18,367 4.5 Counties Tahe County 塔河县 Tǎhé Xiàn 92,473 14,103 6.6 Huma County 呼玛县 Hūmǎ Xiàn 51,861 14,300 3.6 Administrative Zones Huzhong Administrative...

period of disorder, during which warlord Cao Cao held the last Han emperor Xian in Xuchang (196–220), Luoyang was restored to prominence when his son Cao...

997 Kashgar 998 rest of Ili 999 Karamay33 990 Tacheng33,34 901 Hami 902 Hotan 903 Altay 906 Kizilsu 908 Bortala 909 33 - except Wusu and Dushanzi District...

north, Rutog County shares borders with Hotan County (Hetian), Qira County (Cele) and Keriya County (Yutian) in Hotan Prefecture (Hetian), Xinjiang. To the...

chosen as the standard language of Mongolian in China. Nevertheless, the de facto common standard is a mix of Khorchin-Kharchin and Chakhar, due to the...

and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved August 11, 2023. "Qinhuangdao Economic & Technology Development...

(waihuan) Tianjin's roads often finish in dao (Chinese: 道; lit. 'avenue') and xian (simplified Chinese: 线; traditional Chinese: 線; lit. 'line'). These suffixes...

named the new settlement "Dihua" (Chinese: 迪化; pinyin: Díhuà; Manchu: Wen de dahabure fu), meaning "to enlighten and civilize". In 1771, another city named...

el ejemplo de la ciudad de Mukden (Shenyang) bajo la ocupación japonesa.Territorialidad y etnicidad en Manchuria: El ejemplo de la ciudad de Mukden (Shenyang)...

formerly Su County (simplified Chinese: 宿县; traditional Chinese: 宿縣; pinyin: Sù Xiàn). Suzhou administers five county-level divisions, including one district...

dwarfs" he had requested as a curiosity, as well as a Chinese officer, Liu Xian of Huiji (in Zhejiang), who died en route. According to the Weilüe and Book...