Hotan is a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang, an autonomous region in northwestern China, and the seat of Hotan Prefecture. The city proper broke away from the larger Hotan County to become an administrative area in its own right in August 1984. With 408,900 people at the 2018 census, it lies in the Tarim Basin about 1,500 kilometres southwest of the regional capital Urumqi, just north of the Kunlun Mountains. An important station on the southern branch of the historic Silk Road, it has always depended on the Karakash and White Jade rivers for water.
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Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Hotan (Wikipedia)
2. Opentopodata (SRTM 90 m): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at Hotan
Opentopodata (SRTM 90 m)API response, elevation bandQuote, API response, elevation band
"elevation": 1375.0
3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell 37.25 79.75 BWkQuote, Grid cell 37.25 79.75 BWk
37.25 79.75 BWk
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseComment above Zone Asia/ShanghaiQuote, Comment above Zone Asia/Shanghai
Beijing time, used throughout China; represented by Shanghai.
China (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Asia, LeadQuote, On Continent: Asia, Lead
is a country in East Asia
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionIn Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Geographic regions, Eastern AsiaQuote, In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Geographic regions, Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia 030 China 156 CHN
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