Keriya Town

Keriya
Keriya
Location in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 36°51′N 81°40′E / 36.850°N 81.667°E / 36.850; 81.667
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureHotan
CountyYutian/Keriya
Population
 (2010)
  Total
30,179
Ethnic groups
  Major ethnic groupsUyghur, Han Chinese
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
839000
Area code0903
Local languagesUyghur, Mandarin Chinese
Keriya Town
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese木尕拉鎮
Simplified Chinese木尕拉镇
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMùgǎlā Zhèn
Wade–GilesMu4-ka3-la1 Chen4
IPA[mûkàlá ʈʂɤn]
Uyghur name
Uyghurكېرىيە
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiKëriye
Yengi YeziⱪKeriyə
SASM/GNCKeriya
Siril YëziqiКерийə

Keriya Town or Mugala Town is a town in Yutian (Keriya) County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China, on the old Southern Silk Road. As the commercial and administrative centre of Keriya County, it is about 166 km east of Hotan, 80 km east of Qira, and 120 km west of Niya. Yutian County has a population of about 160,000.