Hotan (city)
| 和田 市 خوتەن شەھىرى Hotan |
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| Coordinates | 37 ° 6 ′ N , 80 ° 1 ′ E | ||
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| Country | People's Republic of China | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN | ||
| height | 1382 m | ||
| surface | 465.8 km² | ||
| Residents | 322,330 (2010) | ||
| density | 691.9 Ew. / km² | ||
| Post Code | 839000 | ||
The city of Hotan ( Chinese 和田 市 , Pinyin Hétián Shì ; Uighur خوتەن شەھىرى, Hotǝn Xəⱨiri ; formerly Chotan ) is an independent city in the district of Hotan in the south of the Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang in the northwest of the People's Republic of China .
It is located in the south of the Tarim Basin .
history
The German pilot Carl August von Gablenz made an emergency landing in Hotan when he was exploring the air route to the Far East with the Lufthansa Junkers Ju-52 D-ANOY in August 1937 . He and his crew were held for four weeks. He reported in detail about this flight, which he carried out together with flight captain Robert Untucht and chief radio operator Karl Kirchhoff, in his book “D-ANOY conquers the Pamir”, published in 1937. The spectacular flight over 2650 km, during which the pass heights of the Wakhan had to be conquered by more than 5,300 meters, was a pioneering achievement that was recognized worldwide. When the pilots, believed to have been lost, landed in Berlin-Tempelhof on October 3, 1937 , they were celebrated like heroes.
Web links
- Various authors: Hotan . In: Ehsan Yarshater (Ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica (English, including references)
- Info page (chinese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 和田 市 历史 沿革 _ 行政 区划 网 (区划地名 网) www.xzqh.org. Retrieved July 2, 2020 .