Keriya Town
Keriya | |
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| Coordinates: 36°51′N 81°40′E / 36.850°N 81.667°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Hotan |
| County | Yutian/Keriya |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 30,179 |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Major ethnic groups | Uyghur, Han Chinese |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 839000 |
| Area code | 0903 |
| Local languages | Uyghur, Mandarin Chinese |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 木尕拉鎮 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 木尕拉镇 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur | كېرىيە | ||||||||||
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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.