- Hotan Prefecture
The Hotan Prefecture (Chinese: “和田”,
Pinyin : Hétián Dìqū; Uyghur: خوتەن ۋىلايىتى, Xoten Wilayiti, unicode|Hotən Vilayiti) [The official spelling is "Hotan" according to "Zhōngguó dìmínglù" 中国地名录 (Beijing, "Zhōngguó dìtú chūbǎnshè" 中国地图出版社 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 304.] is located in the south-western part of theXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ,China . It is sometimes (unofficially) spelled as Khotan.Administrative divisions
The Hotan Prefecture is divided into one
county-level city :Hotan City , and seven counties:Hotan County ,Karakash County ,Pishan County ,Lop County ,Chira County ,Keriye County andMinfeng County .Footnotes
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