Shawan (Tacheng)

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Location of Shawan County (pink) in Tacheng Governorate (yellow)
Uighur name
Arabic-Persian (Kona Yeziⱪ) : ساۋەن ناھىيىسى
Latin (Yengi Yeziⱪ) : Sawon Naⱨiyisi
Chinese name
Abbreviation : 沙湾县
Transcription in Pinyin : Shāwān Xiān

The circle Shawan is a county of the district of Tacheng Autonomous Region Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China . Its main town is the large community of Sandaohezi (三 道 河 子 镇). In 1999 it had 195,285 inhabitants.

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html

Coordinates: 44 ° 21 '  N , 85 ° 37'  E