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Hotan CountyThe official spelling is "Hotan" according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù. (also known as Gosthana, Gaustana, Godana, Godaniya, Khotan, Hetian, Hotien) is a county in the southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Hotan Prefecture. Almost all the residents of the county are Uyghurs and live around oases situated between the desolate Taklamakan Desert and Kunlun Mountains. Hotan County is the southernmost county-level division of Xinjiang. The county borders Karakax County to the northwest, Hotan and Lop County to the northeast, Qira County to the east, Pishan County to the west, and (in Aksai Chin) Rutog County, Tibet to the southeast. Hotan County administers most of Aksai Chin, an area disputed between China and India. The Line of Actual Control divides the India-controlled part of Ladakh union territory from the Aksai Chin area administered as part of southwest Hotan County.
In 1919, Karakax County was split off from Hotan County.
In 1933, Muhammad Amin Bughra and his associates declared the Khotan Emirate.
On 22 December 1949, the People's Liberation Army entered Hotan.
In 1959, the Chinese character name for the county was set as ''.
In 1962, some of the events of the Sino-Indian War occurred in the disputed Aksai Chin region.
On 12 April 1969, during the Cultural Revolution, the Hotan County People's Government became the Hotan County Revolutionary Committee. In December 1979, the Hotan County Revolutionary Committee was disestablished and the Hotan County People's Government re-established.
In 1983/4, the urban area of Hotan was administratively split from the larger Hotan County, and from then on governed as a county-level city.
On 9 September 1995, Vice Premier Zhu Rongji visited Buzhake Township.
On 11 July 2006, the township of Tusalla (Tushala), then part of Hotan County, was transferred to Hotan City.
In 2012, Hanerik (Han'airike) was changed from a township into a town and Uzunsho (Wuzongxiao) township was established.
On 28 July 2013, an incident involving Muslim protesters and local police in Hanerik (Han'airike/Hanairke) occurred. Chinese state media said no one died during the confrontation. There were reports of protester deaths, as many as over 100.
Major lakes administered as part of Hotan County include the Aksai Chin Lake and Surigh Yilganing Kol (Surigh-yilganing Köl; ), both part of the disputed Aksai Chin. A Chinese military outpost called Tianshuihai which is named for another lake, Tianshuihai (甜水海), is also in the Hotan County administered part of the disputed Aksai Chin region. The Hotan County-administered part of Aksai Chin includes Tianwendian, site of a Chinese military post.
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| Baghchi (Bageqi Town) | 巴格其镇 | باغچى بازىرى | 653221100 | ||||
| Hanerik | 罕艾日克镇 | خانئېرىق بازىرى | 653221102 | formerly Hanerik Township (罕艾日克乡) | |||
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| Yengiawat Township, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | 英阿瓦提乡 | يېڭىئاۋات يېزىسى | 653221202 | ||||
| Yengierik Township | 英艾日克乡 | يېڭىئېرىق يېزىسى | 653221203 | ||||
| Bozak Township (Buzhake, Buzak) | 布扎克乡 | بۇزاق يېزىسى | 653221204 | ||||
| Layka Township | 拉依喀乡 | لايقا يېزىسى | 653221205 | ||||
| Langru | 朗如乡 | لاڭرۇ يېزىسى | 653221206 | ||||
| Tewekkul Township | 塔瓦库勒乡 | تەۋەككۈل يېزىسى | 653221207 | ||||
| Islamawat Township | 伊斯拉木阿瓦提乡 | ئىسلامئاۋات يېزىسى | 653221208 | ||||
| Seghizkol Township | 色格孜库勒乡 | سېغىزكۆل يېزىسى | 653221209 | ||||
| Qashteshi Township (Kashitashi) | 喀什塔什乡 | قاشتېشى يېزىسى | 653221210 | ||||
| Uzunsho Township | 吾宗肖乡 | ئۇزۇنشو يېزىسى | 653221211 | ||||
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As of 1999, 99.41% of the population of Hotan (Hetian) County was Uyghur and 0.46% of the population was Han Chinese.
As of 2015, 325,117 of the 327,533 residents of the county were Uyghurs, 2,023 were Han Chinese and 393 were from other ethnic groups.
In 2019, the population of Hotan County was 99% Uyghur.
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