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Hotan

[ haw-tahn ]

noun

Pinyin.
  1. an oasis in western China, in southwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
  2. the chief city in this oasis.


Hotan

/ ˈhəʊˈtæn; ˈhəʊˈtjɛn /

noun

  1. an oasis in W China, in the Taklimakan Shamo desert of central Xinjiang, around the seasonal Hotan River
  2. the chief town of this oasis, situated at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains. Pop: 114 000 (2006 est)
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New Delhi was fourth while Pakistan's Lahore and China's Hotan topped the list.

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China had just one city - Hotan - in the world’s top 10 for worst air.

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China had just one city — Hotan — in the world’s top 10 for worst air.

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Hotan, the only Chinese city in the top 20, followed Lahore with PM2.5 levels of 94.3, an improvement from 101.5 in 2021.

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In the summer of 2015, for example, the first administrative order banning Islamic names in Hotan, China, was issued.

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