Hotan

English Hotan Prefecture Alternative forms en Khotan, en Khotän Etymology From en ug خوتەن. Pronunciation en /ˈhoʊ.tɑn/ /hoʊˈtɑn/ /-tæn/ Proper noun en prefecture autonomous region/Xinjiang c/China. en 1989 Che Muqi (zh :zh:车慕奇 车慕奇) zh:丝绸之路今昔<t:The Silk Road, Past and Present> https://archive.org/details/silkroadpastpres0000chem/ w:Beijing w:Foreign Languages Press 0-8351-2100-3 717480364 286 https://archive.org/details/silkroadpastpres0000chem/page/286/ Today in Hotan Prefecture, including Pishan, Moyu, Lop, Qira, Yutian and Minfeng counties–places under the jurisdiction of ancient Khotan State which once dominated the southern route of the Silk Road–818 cobbled canals with a combined length of 1,500 kilometres have been built. Thus, melted snow from the Kunlun Mountains irrigates the prefecture's 200,000 hectacres of farmland. en November 4, 2011 Dongya Zhang A discovery of folk gems in Hotan w:Beijing Today https://archive.org/details/BeijingTodayCN20111104/ 543 2095-9591 958634538 21 Travel China https://archive.org/details/BeijingTodayCN20111104/page/n19/ 3 Hotan is located in southern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It is an oasis town in the Tarim Basin, north of the Kunlun Mountains and south of the Taklamakan Desert. Hotan Prefecture is a multinational area: 96 percent Uyghur and 3 percent Han. en 2018 Maya Wang https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/09/09/eradicating-ideological-viruses/chinas-campaign-repression-against-xinjiangs “Eradicating Ideological Viruses” China’s Campaign of Repression Against Xinjiang’s Muslims w:Human Rights Watch 1099801112 It is not uncommon to find Uyghurs, particularly from Hotan and Kashgar in southern Xinjiang, – perceived by the authorities as anti-government hotspots – reporting that half or more of their immediate family members are in a mix of political education camps, pre-trial detention, and prison. For example, an interviewee said her husband, his 4 brothers, and their 12 nephews – that is, all the men in the family – have been detained in political education camps since 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20230324215413/https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/09/09/eradicating-ideological-viruses/chinas-campaign-repression-against-xinjiangs 24 March 2023 en November 28, 2019 w:Anna Fifield TikTok’s owner is helping China’s campaign of repression in Xinjiang, report finds w:Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20191128183415/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/tiktoks-owner-is-helping-chinas-campaign-of-repression-in-xinjiang-report-finds/2019/11/28/98e8d9e4-119f-11ea-bf62-eadd5d11f559_story.html November 28, 2019 ByteDance has also been working with Xinjiang authorities under a program called “Xinjiang Aid,” whereby Chinese companies open subsidiaries or factories in Xinjiang and employ locals who have been detained in the camps. Its operations are centered on Hotan, an area of Xinjiang considered backward by the Communist Party and where the repression has been among the most severe. en county-level city prefecture/Hotan autonomous region/Xinjiang c/China. en https://archive.org/details/peopleofchina0000luhs_g4w2/ 2006 The People of China Shu Shin Luh Mason Crest Publishers 114 1-59084-831-4 Two Chinese men view an exhibit on the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, Hotan, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, 2003. en 2015-03-13 w:Shohret Hoshur; Joshua Lipes Chinese Authorities Shoot ‘Suspicious’ Uyghurs Dead in Xinjiang Restaurant Mamatjan Juma w:Radio Free Asia https://web.archive.org/web/20150315020906/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/shooting-03132015152239.html 15 March 2015 Abla Ahat, police chief of Purchaqchi township, told RFA that five of the suspects came from Nawagh township in Hotan city and were met by the other two men from Manglay township at the Sherbet restaurant. en 31 August 2022 UN Human Rights Office assessment of human rights concerns in Xinjiang OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China https://web.archive.org/web/20220905040028/https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/2022-08-31/22-08-31-final-assesment.pdf 05 September 2022 w:Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 27 Analysis of satellite imagery in the public domain indicates that many religious sites appear to have been removed or changed in their characteristic identifying features, such as the removal of minarets. An illustrative example is the transformation of the Imam Asim Shrine, located in southern Xinjiang, north of the city of Hotan (see images below). This was formerly a pilgrimage site for Uyghurs and other Muslim communities that included the tomb of the Imam, a mosque, and several related tombs. en county prefecture/Hotan autonomous region/Xinjiang c/China. en https://archive.org/details/xinjianglandpeop0000unse/ 1989 7-80005-078-5 zh:新疆风物志<t:Xinjiang : the Land and the People> zh:郑平<t:Zheng Ping>; zh:洛安吉<t:Luo Anji> Beijing w:New World Press 145 Recent excavations at the Mälikä Awat site in Hotan County revealed a forty-five-kilogram cache of Western Han "five-zhu" coins buried in the sand in a large ochre-red pottery crock, standing over half a meter tall and measuring fifty-six centimeters in circumference. en 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/opinion/china-xinjiang-files.html China Didn’t Want Us to Know. Now Its Own Files Are Doing the Talking. w:Adrian Zenz w:New York Times The authorities’ attempt to enforce absolute secrecy is confirmed by another document dated November 2018, this one from a local government file in Hotan County. https://web.archive.org/web/20250319015541/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/opinion/china-xinjiang-files.html 19 March 2025 Synonyms from Mandarin Chinese en Hetian, en Hotien, en Ho-tien, en Ho-t'ien Translations prefecture in Xinjiang; county-level city in Xinjiang; county in Xinjiang Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 和田 Hétián Hindi: hi खोतान m, hi ख़ोतान m, hi होतान m Japanese: ja ホータン hōtan Kalmyk: xal Хотн Korean: ko Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb خوتەن Manchu: mnc ᡥᠣᡨᡳᠶᠠᠨ Mongolian: mn Хотан, mn Хотон Persian: fa ختن xotan Polish: pl Hotan m-in Saka: kho Hvatana Sanskrit: sa गौस्तन Turkish: Ottoman Turkish: ota ختن Uyghur: ug خوتەن Further reading en 1998 Hotan River Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1313 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1313/ 3 Anagrams en ahnot -a-thon -athon Notah antho- thoan