Oaza i istoimeni grad Hotan ili Hetian (ujgurski: خوتەن‎, ULY: Xoten?, UPNY: Hotǝn?, kineski: 和田; pinyin: Hétián, nekoć: pojednostavljeni kineski: 和阗; tradicionalni kineski: 和闐; pinyin: Hétián; također Khotan)[1] je glavni grad prefekture u kineskoj autonomnoj regiji Xinjiang. Na kineskom se ranije za njega koristilo ime 于窴 (pinyin: Yutian) a evropskim istraživačima iz 19. vijeka je bio poznat kao Ilchi.

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和田
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Koordinate: 37°6′N 80°1′E / 37.100°N 80.017°E / 37.100; 80.017
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ZemljaKina
ProvincijaXinjiang
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 • Ukupna površina85.035 km2 (32,832 sq mi)
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Karta Centralne Azije (1878) koja pokazuje Khotan (kraj gornjeg desnog kuta) i prijevoj Sanju te prijevoje Hindu-tagh i Ilchi kroz Kunlunske planine do Leha u Ladakhu. Prtehodna granica britanskog Indijskog Carstva je označena ružičasto. Planinski prijevoji su označeni crveno.

U njemu živi 114.000 stanovnika (2006), a smješten je u Tarimskoj zavali, sjeverno od Kunlunske planine, kroz kojih se probija prijevoj Sanju, kao i prijevoji Hindu-tagh i Ilchi.

U samom gradu, koji je smješten jugoistočno od Yarkanda, žive gotovo isključivo Ujguri te predstavlja manje poljoprivredno središto. Kroz historiju je bio važna stanica na južnom ogranku Puta svile. Hotan je ovisio i dvije važne rijeke - Karakašu i Jurungkašu - poznatim kao Bijeli i Crni Žad, a koje su mu pružale dragocjenu vodu na robu Taklamakanske pistinje. Jurungkaš dan-danas daje vodu gradu i okoliciza navodnjavanje.[2][3]

Fusnote uredi

  1. Službneno se piše "Hotan" prema 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. 312.
  2. Marc Aurel Stein. (1907) Ancient Khotan: Detailed Report of Archaeological Explorations in Eastern Turkestan. Oxford. Pages 123-126.
  3. Bonavia, Judy. The Silk Road: Xi'an to Kashgar. Revised by Christopher Baumer (2004), pp. 306-319. Odyssey Publications. ISBN 962-217-741-7.

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