Turpan
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 / 42.9512°N 89.1895°E | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| County-level divisions | 3 |
| Prefecture seat | Gaochang District |
| Area | |
| 69,759 km2 (26,934 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 13,650 km2 (5,270 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | −154 m (−505 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 693,988 | |
| • Density | 9.9484/km2 (25.766/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 317,443 |
| • Urban density | 23.26/km2 (60.23/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Major ethnic groups |
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| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 31.0 billion US$ 4.7 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 49,279 US$ 7,180 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XJ-04 |
| Climate | BWk |
| Website | Turpan Prefecture-level city Government |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吐鲁番 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吐魯番 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | تۇرپان | ||||||||||
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Turpan (Uyghur: Turpan) or Turfan (Chinese: 吐鲁番) is a prefecture-level city located in the east of the autonomous region of Xinjiang, China. It has an area of 69,759 km2 (26,934 sq mi) and a population of 693,988 (2020). The historical center of the prefectural area has shifted a number of times, from Yar-Khoto (Jiaohe, 10 km or 6.2 mi to the west of modern Turpan) to Qocho (Gaochang, 30 km or 19 mi to the southeast of Turpan) and to Turpan itself.