Turpan
Turpan (simplified Chinese: 吐鲁番; traditional Chinese: 吐魯番; pinyin: Tulufán; Uyghur: تۇرپان, ULY: Turpan, UYY: Turpan?), also known as Turfan or Tulufan, is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China.
Latitude and longitude of Turpan
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Turpan is a city in China.
Population: 254,900
Latitude: 42° 56' 51.68" N
Longitude: 89° 10' 43.90" E
Articles of interest in Turpan
9 Articles of interest near Turpan, China
Show all articles in the mapBezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
The Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves (Chinese: 柏孜克里千佛洞; pinyin: Bózīkèlǐ Qiānfódòng) is a complex of Buddhist cave grottos dating from the 5th to 14th century between the cities of Turpan and Shanshan (Loulan) at the north-east of the Taklamakan Deser…
Turpan Depression
The Turpan Depression or Turfan Depression is a fault-bounded trough located around and south of the city-oasis of Turpan, in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in far western China, about 150 kilometres (93 mi) southeast of the regional capital Ürümqi.…
Gaochang
Gaochang (Chinese: 高昌; pinyin: Gāochāng), also called Qara-hoja or Kara-Khoja (قاراغوجا in Uyghur), is the site of an ancient oasis city built on the northern rim of the inhospitable Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, China. The site is also known in pu…
Turpan water system
The Turpan water system or Turfan water system (locally called karez water system, Uyghur: كارىز, ULY: kariz) in Turpan, located in the Turpan Depression, Xinjiang, China, is a vertical tunnel system adapted by the Turpan people. The word karez mea…
Jiaohe Ruins
The Jiaohe Ruins is a Chinese archaeological site found in the Yarnaz Valley, 10 km west of the city of Turpan in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Emin Minaret
The Emin Minaret or Imin Ta stands by the Uyghur Mosque located in Turfan, Xinjiang, China. At 44 meters (144 ft) it is the tallest minaret in China. The Qing Dynasty conquered this largely Muslim region in the 1750s by defeating the Dzungar Mongols…
Astana Cemetery
The Astana Cemetery or Astana Graves (Chinese: 阿斯塔那古墓, Pinyin: Āsītǎnà Gǔmù) is a large site 37 km southeast of present-day Turpan, in Xinjiang, China, 6 km from the ancient city of Gaochang. It served mainly as the cemetery for the descendents of C…
Mutou Valley
Mutou Valley is located in the Flaming Mountains, near the ancient oasis city of Gaochang on the rim of the Taklamakan Desert in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China.