Turpan
Turpan (also known as Turfan; Chinese: 吐鲁番; Uyghur: تۇرپان) is a prefecture-level city located in the east of the autonomous region of Xinjiang, China. It has an area of 69,759 square kilometres (26,934 sq mi) and a population of 693,988 (2020).
Turpan
Turfan | |
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Jiaohe Ruins | |
Turpan (red) in Xinjiang (orange) | |
Turpan Location of the city center in Xinjiang Turpan Turpan (China) | |
| Coordinates (Turpan municipal government): 42°57′04″N 89°11′22″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| County-level divisions | 3 |
| Prefecture seat | Gaochang District |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 69,759 km2 (26,934 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 13,650 km2 (5,270 sq mi) |
| Lowest elevation | −154 m (−505 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 693,988 |
| • Density | 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 317,443 |
| • Urban density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Major ethnic groups |
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| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XJ-04 |
| GDP (2018) | CNY¥31 billion US$4.7 billion |
| GDP per capita | CNY¥49,279 US$7,180 |
| - Growth | 7.4% |
| Climate | BWk |
| Website | Turpan Prefecture-level city Government |
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| Simplified Chinese | 吐鲁番 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吐魯番 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur | تورپان | ||||||||||
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