Qira County
Qira County
Chira, Cele, Ts'e-le | |
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Location of the county in Hotan Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates: 37°00′N 80°48′E / 37.000°N 80.800°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Hotan |
| County seat | Qira Town |
| Township-level divisions | 2 towns, 6 townships |
| Area | |
• Total | 31,688.01 km2 (12,234.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,500−7,282 m (4,900−23,981 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 157,792 |
| • Density | 5.0/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Major ethnic groups | Uyghur |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 848300 |
| Website | xjcl |
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | چىرا ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 策勒县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 策勒縣 | ||||||||||
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Qira County (Uyghur: چىرا ناھىيىسى), alternatively Chira or Cele (from Mandarin Chinese), is a county in Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Almost all the residents of the county are Uyghurs and live around oases situated between the desolate Taklamakan Desert and Kunlun Mountains. The county is bordered to the north by Aksu Prefecture, to the east by Yutian / Keriya County, to the northwest by Lop County, to the southwest by Hotan County including the China-India disputed Aksai Chin area and to the south by Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture in Tibet.